Author: Gina Marie Miraglia Eriquez
Author: Deborah Madison
Eight is a lucky number in the Chinese culture, especially at Lunar New Year. The Chinese word for "eight" is a homophone for prosperity, so numbers with consecutive eights in them represent "big money."...
Author: Hsiao-Ching Chou
This is the delicious savory cake served in dim sum houses throughout the year and, most auspiciously, on New Year's Day as a symbol of prosperity and rising fortunes. Turnip cake is made with Chinese...
Author: Grace Young
Author: Michael Tong
Rice cakes are available sliced, marble-shaped, and in batons. Look for them in the refrigerated aisle of Asian grocery stores. There are dried versions, but the refrigerated version is widely available...
Author: Hsiao-Ching Chou
Author: Grace Young
Author: Andy Ricker
Author: Lillian Chou
Author: Nina Simonds
Author: Grace Young
Author: Lillian Chou
Fish sauce and dried shrimp flavor the sweet, spicy, and bright chile jam used to glaze this side dish with deeply savory notes. Glossy Makrut lime leaves bring a citrusy, floral aroma and taste-and look...
Author: Martin Boetz
Author: Grace Young
Author: Charles Phan
Author: Corinne Trang
Author: Melissa Roberts-Matar
Author: Lesley Porcelli
Once a favorite breakfast of the Chinese, this dish might more accurately be called a daikon scramble. But the Chinese words for carrot and daikon are almost the same, and "cake" refers to the way the...
Author: Lillian Chou
Author: Shirley Cheng
Author: Martin Boetz
Author: Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
Author: Suzanne Pirret
Author: Victoria Granof
Author: Wang Haibo
Author: Grace Young
Author: Paisarn Cheewinsiriwat
Author: Michael Tong
The fish lies in a spectacular sauce, a deep rusty red in color, sumptuously spicy and aromatic with ginger and garlic. In Sichuan, they make it with carp.
Author: Fuchsia Dunlop
Author: Eileen Yin-Fei Lo
Author: Shirley Cheng
Author: Ching He Huang
Author: Eileen Yin-Fei Lo