Homemade Yogurt: Bag it
No more yogurt! I’ve got to make some today. It’s not complicated. Making yogurt sounds like a lot of work but once you do this often enough, you would hone…
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Snow Fungus Sweet Soup
Snow fungus or bai mu er is good for you, my friend Iris Koh told me when she used to make and bring this dessert for me in our editorial…
Easy Way to Cook Hard-boiled Egg
I learned to perfect boiled eggs when I started decorating eggs for my people at my gym. I mean, unless you are decorating or making deviled egg, who would usually…
I Do Eggs For Bridal Shower
Here we are–another successful breakfast party held this morning by my gym buddies, this time a surprise wedding shower for one of our instructors and another fellow body pumper. The…
Making only 200 sandwiches
It’s all relative–cooking for 1000 or cooking for 20. It’s doable and a wonderful challenge. About 20 years ago, when we lived in the Philippines, I had a Thai friend…
Stir-fried Beef With Green Onions
This is a classic Cantonese dish, offered in restaurants but also cooked as a home dish. Stir-fried beef can be fried with any kind of vegetables—but popular combinations include spring…
Quick Soup Noodles With Sichuan Preserved Vegetables
This is similar to the classic Taiwan soup noodle, Sichuan Preserved Vegetables Pork Soup Noodle (Zha Cai Ro Si Tang Mian), which uses zha cai, the preserved vegetable, and…