I first fell in love with mochi in college. At Trader Joe’s, a 10 minute drive away, there was an addictive mochi ice cream that brought me back week after week. I loved the mind-tingling coldness of each bite. I loved the sweet glutinous rice that stuck to my teeth and forced me to run [...]
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Apricot Blondies
I have always preferred blondies to brownies, and it’s not because of a dislike for chocolate. Most of the time, I am not a fan of richness of fudgy brownies. And even a fluffier cake-like brownie can’t seem to beat a blondie of the same texture. Maybe it’s because I eat bar baked goods for [...]
Apple Crumble for the Homesick
Lately, I can’t help but be wistful about the US. Maybe it’s because I’m going back in a month to spend Christmas, a trip that can’t come soon enough. Maybe it’s lingering euphoria from election day, an adrenaline-filled 24 hours of more giddiness and pride than I can remember. Or maybe it has just been [...]
Chocolate and Banana Dessert Wontons
There’s more to wonton wrappers than just encasing pork and shrimp, however delicious the result is. If you’re in need of a quick dessert, these chocolate and banana wontons take almost no time to make. I have seen some recipes for dessert wontons that call for deep frying. With these wontons, I was able to [...]
Rose Tea Dessert Soup
I’m sure most Westerners who have ever dined with a group of Chinese are familiar with the the following scenario. After a ___-course lavish banquet, you look forward to something nice and sweet to cap off a great experience. Your Chinese hosts inform you that you’ll love the dessert; all Westerners love dessert. This one [...]
Lychee Rum Clafoutis
Cherries, of course, are the fruits used in the most classical French preparation of clafoutis. As recently as 2 weeks ago, black cherries were in abundance all over my local markets. I bought them for eating whole, for making black cherry iced tea, but not for baking. Now it’s too late, and the only cherries [...]
Birthday Pudding
I can’t celebrate today without also paying tribute to someone else who shares the same birthday. The late M.F.K. Fisher, arguably the best American food writer of the 20th century, would have turned 100 today. If you haven’t read anything by her already, do it, starting with The Gastronomical Me. Her enthusiasm for food and [...]
Hibiscus Mint Granita with Rum
I guess I could have also called this Hibiscus Mojito Granita, but that sounds a little hokey. My experimentations with tea desserts continue. Since my Rose Tea Rice Pudding was a success, I moved on to hibiscus tea, another tisane I bought at Maliandau, Beijing’s tea street. Hibiscus tea is also known as roselle in [...]
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