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Chinese Recipes

Chinese Boiled Pork Dumplings

October 3, 2009
chinese dumplings: boiled pork cabbage dumplings

My mom is a Chinese dumpling wrapping queen. She can mix up a batch of filling ingredients and fold them into perfect, little half-moon dumplings faster than the time it takes me to set the table. Mom will usually sit at the breakfast table facing the television and while watching her favorite Chinese soap opera, [...]

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Fresh Pear and Shrimp Stir Fry

September 15, 2009
Pear Shrimp Stir Fry

Every time I’m back in Hong Kong, I head straight for a good dim sum restaurant. If you haven’t had dim sum before, it’s as close to competitive eating as I’ve ever experienced. And I’m not talking about the amount of food consumed, either. In Hong Kong, many dim sum restaurants don’t have a nice, [...]

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Hainanese Chicken Rice

August 20, 2009
Hainanese Chicken Rice Recipe

It’s not everyday that you get an email from a reader asking to be an intern.
A free intern.
Hell yeah!
*eyes sparkling* rubbing hands together…Will she do dishes? Laundry? Scrub the floors?
Uh…yeah…prob not. She said “intern” not “housecleaner.”
Well, okay, but STILL! Someone to go through my spam, read comments, correct my spelling, ghost comment on other blogs. [...]

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Broccoli Beef Noodle Stir Fry

August 10, 2009
broccoli beef noodle stir fry

It’s week 3 of the Summer Fest! Last week we all made recipes using fruit from trees, and this week it’s all about Beans and Greens. If you haven’t yet heard about Summer Fest, it’s a four-week celebration of fresh-from-the-garden food: recipes, growing tips, even tricks for storing and preserving summer’s best with my [...]

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I’m a freaky-fan-stalker

July 21, 2009

A little over a year ago, I met Chef Martin Yan for the first time at a Publix Aprons event. I was so girly-giddy that I breathlessly told him that he was my “culinary superhero.”
And if that didn’t scream, “freaky-fan-stalker!” then maybe he got a clue when I got a little so close trying to [...]

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