Try this Crowd Pleaser – Baked Rosemary Potato
Rosemary grows like weeds in our backyard… But every time we make this simple potato dish with rosemary at our house parties, it’s a crowd pleaser. A friend of ours even asked for the recipe while...
View ArticleWhen Maui meets Shanghai…
In the magic world of writing, a bit of solitude helps. But we went on a 2-week holiday in Maui with my friend Heidi’s family, including her two little girls. There were just endless things to do in...
View ArticleTomato Egg – Chinese Home Cooking
Tomato Egg is such a popular Chinese home cooking dish in modern times, as much as the equivalent of Mac and Cheese here. I think it is so common that one can’t trace its provincial origin. Maybe it is...
View ArticleTofu Recipe – with Chive Buds (韭菜花炒豆腐幹)
Chive buds is a lot better than the regular chive. It’s crisp and sweet. Hence, a higher price tag, more than what I paid for live Dungeness crabs that are in season. That’s what you need to cough up...
View ArticleEasy Vegan Recipes: 2 Ways to prepare Tofu and Spinach (菠菜豆腐)
Every time I make these Vegan dishes, I think of an Oscar nominated movie, Raised the Red Lantern (1991). Particularly the scene when the newly wed 4th concubine walking into the dinning room to eat...
View ArticlePotato Recipe
We are a household of potato lovers. Baked, boiled, chip, french fried, hash browned, mashed, pan fried, salad, souped or stewed, we love them all. Hubby is from Brussels, naturally he feels he knows...
View ArticlePotato Recipe – Belgian Style
Like I mentioned, we are a household of potato lovers. A few months ago, I posted a popular Chinese potato recipe. This time, I am sharing a Belgian version. Well, according to my husband, this is the...
View ArticlePotato Recipe – Manchurian Style (東北地三鮮)
For the longest time, Chinese cuisines in the United States are heavily influenced by the southerners sailed out of China searching for food, and by those slave labors came to build railroads during...
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