This is the vegan version of the rice dish with salted pork I posted two weeks ago. Salted Pork Rice Recipe The main ingredients of this...

A couple of weeks ago, a friend asked me for the recipe for Cai Fan (cai means 菜 vegetables, fan 饭 means rice), a fantastic dish prepared...

Do you know frozen dumplings can taste as good as freshly made ones? Let's pan-sear them today. This cooking method works for both...

Happy Spring! In another post, I introduced a few of my favorite spring foods. You can read it via Spring Food in Eastern China. I want...

"不时，不食" bù shí bù shí Do not eat food out of season. -- Confucius People in my hometown Suzhou and Eastern China, south of Yangtze River,...

The New Year's Eve dinner is the year's most important meal. Family gather together and enjoy a feast. Hey, it's Ye Ye. I just came back...

Happy Holidays! I'm so excited about the holiday season thinking of all the food I'm going to eat. If you are hosting this holiday...

I sometimes get questions like "why do some restaurants serve "Szechuan" food, and some have "Sichuan" in their names? Which is correct?...

If you love brussels sprouts, you will enjoy this stir-fried brussels sprouts with Chinese cured pork belly. Chinese cured pork belly is...

Thanks to the Buddhist cultural roots, Chinese cuisine is very vegan-friendly. Let me introduce some of the popular vegan ingredients...

Yesterday was my birthday! Many people eat noodles on their birthdays in China. Noodles symbolize longevity. The noodles on birthdays are...

If you are not a fan of mushrooms, substitute them with baked/dried tofu. Links below. Dried tofu Baked tofu INGREDIENTS 2 SERVINGS 1/2...

INGREDIENTS 2 SERVINGS 1/2 bunch of asparagus, 6 to 8 spears. 10 to 12 large raw shrimp, peeled and deveined Vegetable oil (corn, peanut,...

I love ice cream and I love soft serve. Some of you might know that when I met my husband Turner in China he had two full-time jobs,...

Filling Ingredients (2 to 3 servings) 1 lb ground pork, chicken or turkey 2 scallions, finely chopped, save a tsp for garnish 1 tbsp...

If you have plans to visit New York City in the near future I want to share a few of the Chinese restaurants in Manhattan where I like to...

This is pidan 皮蛋, also known as century eggs or preserved eggs. They are most commonly made with duck eggs. Some might call them...