This cookie recipe comes to you a little bit late, but juuuuuust in time for Christmas. Better late than never I always say! Every year, our neighborhood hosts a holiday cookie exchange, and I’m constantly on the hunt for new cookie recipes to try. Luckily, this year, I happened upon this Brussels cookies recipe on Food52. I made
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Category Archive: ‘Desserts & Sweet Stuff’
I’ve seen these cute little pumpkin mochi on restaurant menus so many times in China, and they are almost always fried. I remember the first time I had them at Ma La You Huo (麻辣诱惑), a very famous Sichuan restaurant chain in China. It was arranged on a long plate like a pumpkin field with vines
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Okay guys, I have a special announcement. The very first Woks of Life Public Service Announcement, that is. But first, let me begin with a story. When Sarah and I were growing up, we were big fans of the movie Matilda. For all you 90s babies out there, you probably remember the (in)famous scene wherein
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When it comes to pumpkin scones, this isn’t our first rodeo (as evidenced by this recipe we posted way back in 2013). So…why are we coming back to you two years later with yet another pumpkin scone recipe? One word: glaze. There happens to be a large chain of coffee shops (rhymes with “tar ducks”) that
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Red bean bread. The holy grail. The originator. The classic. The veteran. Okay, maybe I’m overstating, but something about the red bean bun inspires respect. It’s the old guard. The faithful standby when you don’t want some weirdo questionable scallion, ham, cheese concoction, or you’re just about fed up with dribbling pineapple crumb topping all
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Based on mixed results from readers, we re-tested and updated this Chinese walnut cookies recipe to include more precise measurements including weights in grams! When you’re young, it can sometimes seem like the world revolves around those sweet treats that are just beyond your reach. Well when my mother was young, these Chinese walnut cookies
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The Chinese bakery rampage continues, as we tackle traditional cocktail buns (also called or chicken tail buns, or gai mei bao) on the blog today. At every single large family gathering on my dad’s Cantonese side, someone would inevitably bring a Chinese bakery box full of pineapple buns, roast pork buns, hot dog buns, or plain
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A Key West icon and delicious dessert, Key Lime Pie was the ONE thing we sought out when we were driving through Key West on our recent road trip, and we sampled multiple versions, a couple of which were standouts (more on this later). First, let me get to the all-important question of which team you root
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