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
Taiwanese-Style Pork Belly Buns
The cookbook tour continues! As some of you may know, last week I held a cooking demo and signing at the fantastic BookCourt in Brooklyn and had a great showing and audience discussion. This week started off with an onsite interview with Cathy Erway on Heritage Radio Network, and ended with today’s wonderful class at [...]
Pork Belly and Kimchi Stir-fry
Along with butter, ketchup, and chili sauce, one of the key items I have in my fridge at all times is a jar of kimchi. This addiction started a few years ago. I had been a casual fan for a while, eating it periodically in Korean restaurants. But after a one-week trip to Seoul in [...]
Japanese Braised Pork Belly
Since we’re now officially deep into winter, I’d like to re-share a recipe for Japanese pork belly, or buta no kakuni. Really, there are few things that are better on a cold day than a bubbling pot of braised pork belly and its aroma of of ginger, scallions, star anise, and sweetened soy sauce altogether. [...]
Dan Dan Noodles
Dan dan noodles is one of those quintessential Sichuan dishes that you must try at least once if you’re a fan of anything spicy. The chili-laced vinegar and sesame sauce is quite possibly one of the finest sauces that ground pork or beef can ever be cooked with. Now, if you were to have dan [...]
Vietnamese Caramelized Pork
It’s hard to believe that when I first made Vietnamese Caramelized Pork almost four years ago in China, I had the hardest time finding fish sauce. Beijing locals know what they like to cook at home, and it’s not Cantonese or Southeast Asian. (Regional culinary borders are much stronger in China than they are here, [...]
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