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Mid-Autumn Festival In Beijing
Updated:View Post: Mid-Autumn Festival In BeijingHere’s how we celebrated Zhongqiujie (The Mid-Autumn Festival) from the Beijing apartment:
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Jen’s Tofu Stir-Fry: Chinese Home Cooking
Updated:View Post: Jen’s Tofu Stir-Fry: Chinese Home CookingBecause she used to request it every time she came to visit, I named this tofu stir-fry after my niece, Jennifer. Now she doesn’t even need to request it; it’s automatically part of the meal when she’s over for dinner.…
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Sun Cakes? No, Moon Cakes!
Updated:View Post: Sun Cakes? No, Moon Cakes!Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! (中秋节快乐！) It’s that time of year again—the weather is just turning a little bit colder, at night the moon is clear and full, and the fancy-yet-slightly-tackily decorated tins of moon cakes start filling the shelves at your…
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Hawaiian Shrimp Fried Rice with Pineapple
Updated:View Post: Hawaiian Shrimp Fried Rice with PineappleCondo vacationing is great if you like to cook while on vacation. And call us crazy, but we like it. The problem with me is that I almost always walk into the store with big ideas, and by the time…
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Grilled Steak and Portobello Salad with Mango Lime Dressing
Updated:View Post: Grilled Steak and Portobello Salad with Mango Lime DressingSummer is drawing to a close. It’s true that we must grudgingly accept this fact, but amidst the back-to-school shopping, the community pool closings, and the return to close-toed shoes, why not one last hurrah before you throw that cover…
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They Ran Out of Lau Lau
Updated:View Post: They Ran Out of Lau LauOn our last day on the Big Island of Hawaii, we were headed for the airport when it occurred to us that we wouldn’t be getting to Maui until 9:00, and that we should probably eat something before getting onto…
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Tortilla-Crusted Scallops with Tropical Fruit Salsa
Updated:View Post: Tortilla-Crusted Scallops with Tropical Fruit SalsaIn keeping with the fact that we bought a whole bag of scallops while on the Big Island of Hawaii—more than we could eat in one meal, here’s yet another scallop recipe. I prepared a much more spartan version of…
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Herbed Citrus Grilled Shrimp and Scallops
Updated:View Post: Herbed Citrus Grilled Shrimp and ScallopsIt’s a sad, yet little known fact that BBQ grills are outlawed within the city limits of Beijing. So for my parents at least, it was a summer without a grill. That means that once we made it to Hawaii,…
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16 Reasons Why Hawaii is Pretttttty Much The Bomb
Updated:View Post: 16 Reasons Why Hawaii is Pretttttty Much The BombDid you know that Hawaii is the most remote island chain in the world? I didn’t. A few months ago, it seemed like a really convenient option for our next family vacation, because meeting “halfway” between Beijing and NJ in…
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Scallion Ginger Cantonese Crab
Updated:View Post: Scallion Ginger Cantonese CrabI don’t claim that this Scallion Ginger Cantonese crab is the easiest recipe to make, but follow these directions and you’ll be in for a real treat. Really, the challenge comes from uh…dispatching and prepping the crab. Once you’ve gone…
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Beijinger Beach Weekend
Updated:View Post: Beijinger Beach WeekendQinhuangdao City of Hebei Province is about 280 km due east from the center of Beijing. The locals had told me that everyone heads out there for the seafood, bbq, and beach time, so what could be a better place…
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Chinese Spicy Eight Treasures Stir Fry
Updated:View Post: Chinese Spicy Eight Treasures Stir FryThis spicy eight treasures stir fry dish is much beloved by many, our family included. It’s called “Eight Treasures” for a reason. Eight is a really lucky number in Chinese culture. A dish with 8 main ingredients? It’s luck in…
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Spicy Tofu “Noodles” with Chicken
Updated:View Post: Spicy Tofu “Noodles” with ChickenSo I was conducting a routine fridge inventory to assess what I wanted to use (i.e. what could last another few days vs. what had been sitting there a little too long and desperately needed to be cooked). There was…
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Sliced Pork Belly with Spicy Garlic Peanut Sauce
Updated:View Post: Sliced Pork Belly with Spicy Garlic Peanut SauceWe’ve recently updated this recipe! Check out our new Suan Ni Bai Rou recipe here. This is a Sichuan dish called Suan Ni Bai Rou (蒜泥白肉) – literally translated as “garlic paste white meat.” Not exactly the best of names,…
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Quick Cucumber Salad with Asian Dressing
Updated:View Post: Quick Cucumber Salad with Asian DressingCucumbers are a great summer food, and in Beijing, they’re actually a common snack. When you take a walk in the park or head out to a tourist attraction or other landmark, you can see people just gnawing on fresh…
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Low Carb Asian Turkey Lettuce Cups with Avocado
Updated:View Post: Low Carb Asian Turkey Lettuce Cups with AvocadoIn China, I once had this dish of stir-fried vegetables and ground pork combined in a tasty mix and served with freshly steamed buns. You take the tasty filling and eat it with the bread, making for a delicious combination.…
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Shanghai-Style Spring Rolls
Updated:View Post: Shanghai-Style Spring RollsBefore immigrating to the US when I was sixteen, this was the only spring roll recipe I knew. It’s not to say that other versions didn’t exist, it’s just that I didn’t come face to face with them. Traveling wasn’t…
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THE MONGOLIAN EXPERIENCE
Updated:View Post: THE MONGOLIAN EXPERIENCEIt all started with a bus. A bus parked outside a luxury mall on one of Beijing’s many busy thoroughfares, revved and ready, seats half full, shooting exhaust out into the hot, sticky air. We got out of the taxi,…
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