For the past five years these have been my go-to cookies to whip up when a sugar craving strikes. And I don’t see that changing. I first made them when I was living in Beijing, where good-tasting butter was only available at the expat supermarkets. After an afternoon of googling, I found a peanut butter [...]
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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 [...]
Kimchi Omelet
Breakfast for dinner. Those words are like music to my ears. There are many days in a month when I just feel like having a plate of eggs sunny-side-up or French toast or a bagel with lox for dinner. (Similarly, a slice of pizza or leftover pad thai in the morning sounds delicious.) Last night [...]
Sriracha Fried Rice
There are few comfort food dishes as easy to make and economical as fried rice. Like many New Yorkers, I fall into the trap of grabbing pizza or halal chicken when I’m famished late at night and everything else is closed. I really should go home and check what’s in my cabinets for cooking, I [...]
Red Lentil and Okra Soup
Isn’t this soup festive-looking? I first made red lentil and okra soup in the winter of 2009 after buying some gorgeous okra pods from a farmer’s market. I sautéed them with onions and added both to the bubbling pot of soup close to the end of cooking. Not only is the soup hearty and filling, [...]
Coconut Bok Choy Stir-Fry
I don’t like to admit it, but vegetable side dishes sometimes get short shrift when it comes to my meal planning. I’ll often get so involved with making an entree that come dinner time, I’ll quickly steam up some greens or just forgo them altogether. Not that anything is wrong with steamed broccoli or spinach, [...]
Japanese Cucumber Salad
Whenever I need a quick appetizer or side to go with an Asian main course, I turn to cucumbers. These slick, crunchy workhorses of the kitchen are always reliable when you need that last-minute “something extra.” Sure, you can pickle cucumbers, jar them, and save them for the future, but my favorite way to eat [...]
Sake-Steamed Clams
Around this time of year I start getting nostalgic for summers in Massachusetts. Well, certain aspects of summers in Massachusetts. I can do without the jam-packed subways every other day when there’s a Red Sox home game. And how loud and obnoxious the restaurants and bars in Back Bay get when fans spill out of [...]
