Our Chinese New Year Tradition I am the first to admit that while I claim my Chinese ethnicity, I am far removed from the language and culture of my ancestors. My main connection to cultural celebrations is food. As we approach Chinese New Year (February...
Wonton soup is Chinese comfort in a bowl featuring delicious wonton dumplings in a flavorful broth. It's not difficult to make and if you have a little foresight you can make enough for a future meal or two. Homemade is the best When I first moved to Boston I had a...
Crispy gau gee is a popular fried dumpling, similar in taste to a fried won ton but different in shape. It wasn't until I began writing this post that I realized that this is one of those Hawaii-only Chinese dishes (like cake noodles) that you rarely find outside of...
Happy National Dumpling Day! Although this is an artificial holiday created as a marketing campaign by a food company, I can't help but celebrate one of my favorite types of foods. From pierogi to empanadas to gyoza to madombi, most cuisines have some form of a...
Our most recent Moveable Feast theme was Korean food inspired by YouTube and food blogger Maangchi. I chose to make her version of mandu which is very different from the mundoo I learned to make. Like with all traditional recipes I...
Becoming a Dumpling Ninja This year as a birthday gift my friends arranged for a cooking class, shopping trip, and dim sum brunch at Myers + Chang. What a gift! My friends obviously know me well. It was one of the coldest days this season and ordinarily I'd spend the...
The Joys of Cooking with Friends Eating, for me, is a social event, a way to connect with friends and family while enjoying delicious food. Cooking is just as social. I love having folks in and around the kitchen when I'm cooking and I really enjoy when someone joins...
Moveable Feast: Singaporean Street Food Crazy as it may seem, barely a week after Thanksgiving our feasting group came together to enjoy the foods of Singapore. I was the host this time and was inspired by one of my very good friends who invited me to join her when...
Our New Year's Eve Tradition Happy 2013 and welcome to my first post of the year. New Year's Eve in Hawaii is about friends, family, and food - a common theme of this blog. There are some who go to the fancy dress parties drinking champagne and dancing at midnight but...