Heritage | Main Event | Recipes | Summer
上海鲜肉粽子 Zong Zi – Shanghai Style
UPDATE 3/17/21: Find a reworked, updated recipe in My Shanghai cookbook. I’m leaving the text from this post up, but for the full recipe please…
Taro Milk Tea Rolls (tangzhong method) + video!
In New Zealand, we drove, a lot. On our first day, we drove to Mt Cook and marveled at the bushy terrain and zipped by…
Heritage | Main Event | Recipes | Winter
韭菜盒子 Jiu Cai He Zi (Chive Boxes)
韭菜盒子 (jiu cai he zi), or chive boxes, are another childhood snack, of which I seem to have a lot of. What can I say?…
Main Event | Recipes | Spring
Roast Duck Lettuce Wraps, for Food52
Hope you all had a lovely weekend, everyone! By this time, I should be in Queenstown, NZ!! After almost a year of marriage, Alex and…
Heritage | Main Event | Recipes | Winter
刀削面 Dao Xiao Mian Knife Cut Noodles at Home
无面不欢 (wu mian bu huan) is a saying that can be loosely translated to no satisfaction without noodles. That’s pretty much me!!! The first time…
Heritage | Main Event | Recipes | Winter
红烧肉 Mom’s Shanghai Style Red-Braised Pork Belly
UPDATED on 3/17/2021 – I am updating this because the recipe that was here has been updated in my debut cookbook, My Shanghai. I’ll leave most…