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Spring is the season where everything awakens. For me it’s like a dream come true, because I’ve been dreaming about it all winter long. In my dream, I imagine walking out my door, and being greeted by tender blooming flowers…
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When I was in elementary school in Thailand, on a typical Friday at 12am the lights were all turned off at home, and everyone had gone to bed. Everything was silent. But in the background, you also heard the singing sound of…
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What comes to your mind when I say fried chicken? Fried chicken has always been one of my favorite comfort foods. I know what you are thinking, looking at my size, you probably don’t believe me. But what can I say? It’s true! Fried…
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Pad Thai: A Popular but Forgotten Dish! So, I am Chinese born, live in the US, but would you believe it, my first language was Thai? I am sure you are asking the question, “Well how did that happen?” The story…
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When I was in Taipei three years ago, I had the most memorable spicy red braised beef noodle soup at a hole in the wall place. The noodle shop had three round tables, with roughly12 chairs, and an old fashioned fan on the ceiling. I…
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What first comes to your mind when I say Valentine’s Day? Some people automatically associate Valentine’s Day with pink and red roses and hearts, cupids, and lovebirds. My brain automatically conjures images of chocolates–I…
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Esther grew up cooking with her grandma. Grandma taught Esther everything about food, including on how to love every ingredient, appreciate and respect the process of making every dish. Esther believes that is what Korean food is all…
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Today's cook Chicken Wonton Soup 雞餛飩湯! Wontons look a lot like dumplings, and of course both have a specially prepared filling sealed inside a flour-based wrapper. In ancient times wontons actually looked just like dumplings, but from…
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Mapo Tofu is a traditional Sichuan dish. It has a numbing sensation when you eat it. It’s spicy, hot and savory. It’s definitely my kind of good eats! According to legend, an elderly widow named Chen Qiaoqiao invented the…
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Today we are going to learn to fillet a whole fish, then cut the fillets into thin slices, and stir fry the fish with Douchi. It’s called 豉汁炒魚片 in Chinese. Douchi is a Chinese word for fermented soybeans. I think this is more of a…
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Today let's learn to cut and clean whole crabs then cook the crabs with scallions and gingers 蔥姜肉蟹! Last time, we talked the health benefits of scallions, and this time, let’s talk about gingers. Gingers help with blood circulation and…
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