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Chinese Scallion Rolls with Bacon
Updated:View Post: Chinese Scallion Rolls with BaconThese little crispy, fluffy, chewy pillows of scallion-y deliciousness were a must-order at the Chinese grocery store we used to frequent in the vast wild blue yonder of suburban NJ (as opposed to the vast, wild gray setting we find ourselves…
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All-Purpose Chinese Steamed Bun Dough (Man Tou)
Updated:View Post: All-Purpose Chinese Steamed Bun Dough (Man Tou)Steamed buns, or “man tou,” are a staple in the Beijinger’s diet. I see people buy them by the dozen, dainty Chinese girls eating huge, fluffy ones with their stir-fry for lunch at the local food courts, and plates of…
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Steamed Fish w/ Spicy Bean Sauce (Douban Yu)
Updated:View Post: Steamed Fish w/ Spicy Bean Sauce (Douban Yu)My family is Cantonese, from Guangdong and Hong Kong, where fish dishes are steamed or fried and almost never spicy, like this Cantonese Steamed Fish. But with a more diverse mix of Chinese emigrating to the US, going out for…
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An Explanation For Site Weirdness
Updated:View Post: An Explanation For Site WeirdnessSome of you may have visited the blog this past Saturday, and for that, I am sorry. I’m sorry for any and all eye injuries sustained from being exposed to the hot mess that was this site three days ago. …
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The Jian Bing Approximation
Updated:View Post: The Jian Bing ApproximationMost days during the week, I have a bowl of cereal or toast for breakfast. But on the weekends, I like to do something a little more extravagant. And after Skyping with the family in Beijing on Friday nights, wherein…
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Beijing Apartment Tour!
Updated:View Post: Beijing Apartment Tour!This past October, we moved from one Beijing apartment complex to…a different Beijing apartment complex. It doesn’t sound particularly exciting, but it meant moving from a fully furnished service apartment, which felt a lot like living in a hotel–with its cold…
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Citrus Cake w/ Candied Oranges
Updated:View Post: Citrus Cake w/ Candied OrangesAs many of you have probably guessed, I love using fruit and/or vegetables in my baking, whether it’s in this Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake, these heavenly Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Scones, my personal favorite–Peach Pie, or even these tragically failed blackberry squares. It’s…
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Wild Mushroom & Garlic White Pizza (AND Fool-proof Pizza Dough!)
Updated:View Post: Wild Mushroom & Garlic White Pizza (AND Fool-proof Pizza Dough!)Sometimes, no matter how many amazing Chinese restaurants we go to, or fruit-filled wet markets we shop at, or how many Honeymoon Desserts and Paris Baguettes we have mochi and pastries in, we get homesick for the good ol’ U.S.…
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The Macau Pork Chop Bun
Updated:View Post: The Macau Pork Chop BunToday is the day. Even from Beijing, we plan to watch the SuperBowl, courtesy of our phone alarms (a 6:30 ET kick-off means a 7:30 AM kickoff here on the other side of the world), a brand new HDMI cable,…
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Chinese New Year: Fireworks Up Close
Updated:View Post: Chinese New Year: Fireworks Up CloseThe day has arrived, and the Year of the Horse has officially begun. It was a pretty casual New Year here in Beijing. After a Skype session with Kaitlin in the morning, we made dumplings, ate peanuts, cooked a chicken…
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Apple Cream Cheese Tart
Updated:View Post: Apple Cream Cheese TartHappy Chinese New Year, everyone! The Year of the Horse starts tomorrow, and being a Horse myself on the 12-year Chinese Zodiac cycle, this is only the second time it’s happened in my lifetime. It also–disturbingly–means that according to the…
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Chinese New Year Recipes
Updated:View Post: Chinese New Year RecipesThe Lunar New Year is upon us! Though back in the U.S. we don’t get so much as a sick day off for this holiday, here in China, we get a week off work. Beijing has emptied, as most of the…
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CHINA TRAVEL TIPS
Updated:View Post: CHINA TRAVEL TIPSBefore two of us moved to Beijing in 2011, we were relatively new to traveling in China. We’d made one trip in 1997, and went back ten years later in 2007. But that was about it. Now that we’re living…
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Crispy Duck Wrap
Updated:View Post: Crispy Duck WrapThis crispy duck wrap dish is a bit more complicated than most, but it’s worth it. The duck legs are braised to perfection, de-boned and then wrapped in a scallion pancake blanket and pan-fried until crispy. We then used the…
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Vegetable Five Spice Tofu Stir-Fry
Updated:View Post: Vegetable Five Spice Tofu Stir-FryWe’ve been making some version of this vegetable five spice tofu stir-fry dish for dinner once a week for as long as we can remember. It’s healthy, vegetarian, and very easy to make. Recipe Instructions Wash and julienne the five…
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Chinese Chive Frittata with Tomatoes
Updated:View Post: Chinese Chive Frittata with TomatoesFrittatas are traditionally an Italian dish, but the Chinese have a similar chive frittata dish, often using Chinese or garlic chives. You can find them at the Chinese grocery store, and if you can get the seeds, they grow like…
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Pumpkin Granola
Updated:View Post: Pumpkin GranolaThis is pumpkin granola is our family’s favorite granola recipe. It’s relatively low in sugar and fat compared to other similar recipes, and the inclusion of the pumpkin gives the granola the perfect crunchy, slightly “clumpy” consistency. We’ve tried the…
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Easy Mushroom Noodle Stir fry
Updated:View Post: Easy Mushroom Noodle Stir fryThis easy mushroom noodle stir fry is a great dish for mushroom lovers, as well as vegetarians and vegans alike (just leave out the pork). We were looking for a simple dish to try out the black mushrooms we recently…
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