A couple of weekends ago, I went home to North Carolina for the Dragonboat Festival. The Chinese Association was having a large party and wrapping zongzi for the occasion, so I decided to fly home to learn how to make the rice dumplings and also to spend time with my mom and her wonderful friends. [...]
Happy Summer! The New York Times recently did an article about shaved ice, so I figured I’d post my favorite shaved ice from my trip abroad. The night markets all have shaved ice, but the best I’ve had was at Shilin night market. My aunt used to take us there when we were kids and [...]
When I’m not in the mood to cook dinner, David and I usually walk to Whole Foods to pick up a rotisserie chicken, some veggies, and some fresh fruit for a quick dinner. The other night, I was in the mood for having chicken with mayonnaise (maybe because I wanted to improve on the chicken [...]
When I saw this recipe posted on Amateur Gourmet, I knew I had to try it with my sodastream. Sodastream comes with a ginger ale syrup that is on the sweeter side (without the kick of chile peppers), so I figured this would be a fun drink to make. I served the syrup with Pimm’s [...]
Recently, I’ve been on a huge beet kick. I saw them on sale at Whole Foods and picked up 6 (3 red, 3 golden) and took them home to roast for a salad. Beets contain lots of folate, magnesium, and vitamin C and are perfect in an arugula salad (with a sprinkle of goat cheese!) [...]
