Asian Fusion Family and Food
Whole steamed fish, tangerines with the green leaves attached, dumplings curved into ingot shapes. The foods of the Lunar New Year are round and whole, representing the unity of the family, as well as health and prosperity for the coming year. Wholeness of the family is a big thing in Chinese culture. The word for […]
These shortbread cookies are earthy, nutty, and slightly salty. A bit of buckwheat flour accentuates the hearty flavor of the black sesame powder and gives the cookies a sandy texture. The edges are rolled in two kinds of sesame seeds for crunch and a pretty trim. Slice and bake dough is great to keep on […]
One of the most iconic Taiwanese foods is the bah tsang (or zong zi, in Mandarin). These bamboo leaf wrapped glutinous rice dumplings are a traditional food for celebrating the Dragon Boat festival (Duan Wu Jie, which falls on June 28 this year), as folklore has it that a Chinese poet drowned himself in a […]
This is the third installment in my series from my travels in Taiwan this summer. How much do Taiwanese people love to eat? So much that even a museum dedicated to commemorating the injustices of the island’s forty-year period of martial law includes many exhibits involving food. This is the White Terror museum, located in […]
Highlights of the foods from our summer 2019 trip to Taiwan. Warning; may make you hungry.
I checked out three new Instant Pot cookbooks for Fall 2017. Read on to find out the scoop on these titles!
It seems like everyone and their mother is doing the Whole 30. I tried this real food program for a month and here are my thoughts on Day 30.
How I found out about the little-known history of Sonoma Chinese and the story I reported for NPR.
