Although my father lived in the U.S. for 20 years and cooked for Western restaurants, he had never tasted hot chocolate. Upon discovering this, I thought, Whoa…he’s been missing out. But then I remembered that what passes for hot chocolate in the U.S, even at high-end coffee shops, tends to be cheap cocoa powder mixed [...]
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Recipe: Water Chestnut Cake with Ginger
Along with lucky red envelopes, I received a gift for Lunar New Year that I could use immediately in the kitchen: a package of water chestnut flour. Water chestnut cake (ma tei gow in Cantonese) is another snack, along with turnip cake, that is eaten all year round but especially during Chinese New Year. It’s [...]
