Last night I had the pleasure of being a guest chef at the Ted and Amy Supper Club in Fort Greene. The theme was Tiki Summer Feast, so Kara set up long tables in her lovely backyard for the 12 guests and cranked up some tiki lounge music. I did a variety of shareable plates, including [...]
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Mapo Tofu Ramen (Mabo Ramen)
A couple of years ago, while in Japan for the first time, I took a day trip from Tokyo to Yokohama, which was only about half an hour away by train. I spent a few hours at the Shin-Yokohama Raumen Museum, which is pretty much a mini indoor theme park devoted to Japan’s obsession with [...]
Shrimp Lo Mein
Greetings from Atlanta! I’m down south for BlogHer Food 2011 and getting ready for two days of panels, talks, and events with plenty of other food bloggers from around the country. I got in a few hours ago, wandered around downtown enjoying the sun, and even managed to find and scarf down some Cajun-Chinese food [...]
Red Curry Peanut Noodles
Every year around this time, I start to become giddy at the prospect of a long summer of cook-outs. And the excitement usually lasts about an hour, until I remember I don’t actually have an apartment with outdoor space. I have spent the bulk of my post-collegiate years in enormous cities with no breathing room [...]
Minced Pork and Shiitake Noodles
Some of you may be familiar with a Cantonese dish called yuk bang, which roughly translates into “pork pie.” It’s pretty much the Chinese version of meat loaf. But while meat loaf can be found on menus in both Southern and hipster diners, yuk bang is hardly ever served outside home. To call it rustic [...]
Hot and Sour Chicken Noodle Soup
As much as I love to cook, I never have time to plan weekday lunches. After a frazzled morning at the desk, trying to get just one more bit of work done, I am ravenous by 1 or 2pm. My lame attempts at breakfast (usually Wheatables and fruit gummies) do not suffice. I storm out [...]
Stir-Fried Vermicelli with Garlic and Scallions
It’s hard for me to choose a favorite noodle, but in terms of cooking convenience, vermicelli rice noodles are hard to beat. You can throw them in a noodle soup, stir-fry them, or dip them in a hot pot. (And I will sooner give up lamb than rice noodles when I hot pot, which is [...]
Making Hong Kong-Style Wonton Noodle Soup
Wonton noodle soup is one of the few dishes I set very high standards for, almost to the point of obsession. Because of cravings for an ideal bowl of wonton noodle soup (and seeing my relatives), I have paid way too much for same day plane tickets to Hong Kong. When I get wontons that [...]
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