Many of you loved the easy mapo tofu recipe I first posted in March 2008. Since then, I’ve taught the dish many times in cooking classes, which allowed me to revise it here and streamlined the process. After all these years, it’s still a crowd-pleaser. Make it for one of those nights when you want [...]
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Sichuan Wontons + New Video!
Photo by The Crepes of Wrath Today I’m excited to share with you a special video collaboration I recently did with Sydney from The Crepes of Wrath. Sydney and I met a few months ago at a BlogHer theater and networking event and since then, her blog has been one of my new favorites for [...]
Chinese Barbecued Pork (Char Siu) + New Video!
An easy recipe for Chinese Barbecued Pork | Chinese Roast Pork
Sichuan Eggplant
A few weeks ago I taught a Sichuan cooking class at ICE in Manhattan, and one of the many great recipes we did was a Sichuan eggplant recipe I first posted back in October 2008. And I thought, why not revisit Sichuan eggplant — also known as fish-fragrant eggplant — on this blog too? With an aromatic [...]
Chinese Scallion Pancakes + Video
(Photo: Ethan Finkelstein) Scallion pancakes was the first recipe I had in mind when I decided to start making cooking videos. It’s a simple dish, but one where it’s very beneficial to see the process in video or photos before starting out. In my new cookbook The Chinese Takeout Cookbook, I have a photo guide [...]
Kung Pao Brussels Sprouts
I love it when recipe ideas spring out of casual conversation. Last weekend, when meeting up with my friends Melissa and Jon, they mentioned they had been making the Kung Pao Chicken from my cookbook on a regular basis. And even using the sauce for stir-frying other things, like brussels sprouts. Kung Pao Brussels Sprouts? [...]
Tomato Egg Drop Soup + New Video
Love egg drop soup? For the second video in the new Appetite for China Cooking Videos series, I decided to update this post with a fun visual guide on making egg drop soup with tomatoes. Let me know what you think! I first made tomato egg drop soup in 2008 while living in Beijing during [...]
Chinese Marbled Tea Eggs + First Cooking Video!
I’m excited to share with you all the first cooking video on Appetite for China! For a while I had considered adding video to enhance the content on this site, and finally the took the plunge after being inspired by fellow bloggers including Pinch of Yum, Crepes of Wrath, and Steamy Kitchen, plus a great [...]
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