Back in Shanghai, my relatives would make these egg dumplings for a special occasion or big family get together. A thin layer of beaten egg...
Egg Dumplings and Stuffed Cakes
Bagels: Daring Bakers June
June marks my first Daring Baker's Challenge and this month, Jenny of All Things Edible and Freya of Writing at the Kitchen Table chose Real...
Daikon Cakes
Daikon is a large white radish that's very popular in East Asian cuisine. It can be simmered, dried, pickled, or eaten raw. I love the taste...
Carbonnade
June isn't exactly the typical season for stews but a week ago the weather was a bit chilly, chilly for June that is, (like my graduation) and...
Green Tea Truffles
In my previous green tea confection post, Wandering Chopsticks suggested I make green tea truffles as a way to use up my aging matcha. It was...
Baked Salmon ala Mayonnaise
Steven first introduced me to this salmon dish many years ago during the teenage period when I hated mayo. I definitely raised my eyebrow when...
Green Bean Stir Fry
I pulled this recipe out of the archives because there was no photo to go with it (well there was but it was so awful I was too embarrassed...
Pizza
Once upon a time, I tried to make pizza... on a cookie sheet... in a 350 degree oven. To put it bluntly, the end result was bad. The "crust"...
Green Tea Cheesecake White Chocolate Brownie
Green tea is one of my favorite flavors for sweets, from cakes, cheesecakes, puddings, ice cream (I can't tell you how much I adore green tea...
Pork Picadillo Empanadas
Originally I wanted to bake something for Meeta's birthday, then the plan switched to making ricotta pancakes; the idea being a "virtual" birthday...
Pork Picadillo
A year’s worth of Everyday Food has been piling up on my bookcase. When I received my first issue, most of the recipes in the magazine didn't...
Pissaladiere
Pissaladiere, a pizza-like tart of onions, olives, and anchovies, is a popular street food of Nice, a city in the Provence region of France....
Nutella Stuffed Brioche French Toast
I look forward to a stale brioche as much as a fresh-from-the-oven loaf. In fact, I specifically set aside a portion of my last brioche and...
Buffalo Chicken Drumsticks
I’ve heard that “true” buffalo wings only have 3 ingredients: chicken wings, butter/margarine, and Frank’s Hot Sauce. Well this recipe has...
Blue Cheese Dressing
Once you taste homemade blue cheese dressing, you’ll never go back to the dull stuff in the bottles. Steven and I picked up some amazing blue...
Honey Lavender Brioche
The last time I was wandering the aisles of Trader Joe’s, I curiously looked at a loaf of brioche, and then I proceeded to balk at the price....
Cha Shao Shu
I’m too intimidated to make my own pastry dough so I always take a shortcut and use store-bought puff pastry. I had a pastry sheet left over...
Seattle Cheese Festival
On Saturday Steven and I revisited Pike Place Market with camera, water bottle, and crackers in tow for the third annual Seattle Cheese Festival....
Cha Shao Bao Chronicles Part 1: Trials and Tribulations
One purpose of this blog is to document my culinary endeavors. By endeavors I meant experiments, the good and the bad. It’s easy document the...
Chicken Provencal - WHB
The other day I was perusing the potted herbs selection looking for a thyme plant for my (future) herb garden but there were so many varieties,...
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