Recipes

Chicken/Poultry

Delicious Days’ Asian Sesame Chicken Noodle Salad

April 1, 2009

I have a special section in my bookshelf called “Inspiration and Eye-Candy” and only a handful of lucky titles get a coveted spot on that shelf. These are books that I reach for when I’m feeling hungry-but-not-hungry-but-hungry, which really means I want to eat but I can’t muster up the energy to be creative and [...]

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Red Lantern Crisp Parcels (Cha Gio or Spring Rolls)

February 7, 2009

Photo of Vietnamese Spring Rolls (Cha Gio) courtesy of Secrets of the Red Lantern Cookbook! It’s gorgeous!
**Make sure you read through to the end…I’ve got a copy of Secrets of the Red Lantern to giveaway to you!**
One of the books that is always near my nighstand is the absolutely stunning Secrets of the Red Lantern [...]

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Duck Breast with Sweet and Sour Cranberry Chutney Recipe

December 16, 2008

Ming Tsai’s Duck Breast with Sweet and Sour Cranberry Chutney

I had a chance to chat with Asian superstar chef Ming Tsai a few weeks ago – andI’m too lame to learn how to turn our recorded phone convo (.wav format) into a podcast. Too busy too figure it out too! Plus, I’m a highly VISUAL [...]

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Chinese Chicken Salad

September 22, 2008

(click on photo for shot-by-shot food styling and photography analysis of some of the photos that led up to the “money shot”)
Chinese restaurants in China don’t really have Chinese Chicken Salad on their menus, it’s a creation of Chinese-American restaurants! According to Cecilia Chiang, author of The Seventh Daughter: My Culinary Journey from Beijing to [...]

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Sweet and Sour Chicken

September 18, 2008

When Elise asked me to be a guest writer for Simply Recipes, we decided to take Chinese favorites and make them better, lighter and easier to cook at home. So, I grabbed a take-out menu from the local Chinese restaurant and I will be working my way around those recipes for you. The first dish [...]

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