Get your Zao on!
Most people complain about their morning commute to work. Not me. My forty minute...
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Chinese Whippersnappers
It sounded like gunfire but it couldn’t be. I wasn’t in Chicago, I was...
Shruāng is wrong!
Shu?ng ? , or frost, is my Mandarin word for the day. It rhymes...
Chinese Funky Chefs
As a head cook, I began each morning chopping fifty onions. But not in...
Szechuan Peppercorns 花椒鹽
Hu?ji?oyán , better known as Szechuan Peppercorns, are the culinary equivalent to firecrackers. Here...
Airline Math
How do you pick a good flight to Asia? Even a good priced ticket...
Pickle Bucket Pancake Warmer
It sounds like one of the gadgets you can only buy at Christmas time...
Kitchen Bitchen
There are a few phrases I hate muttering in the kitchen. Today it...
Chinese-American Test Kitchens
The four letter word terrifies me. Rice. Every time I pull a pan out of the...
