Salma, the Ancient (and Awesome) Pasta!
My unemployment is showing. I haven’t done a lick of work since the end of September. I’ve kept myself occupied with bursts of scone-baking (using the leftover whey from the ricotta cake topping from last week), minestrone-cooking, tortilla-wokking and waaaay…
Niúròu Biryani in a Wok, 中国烹饪风格
So I’m cheating a bit on this one. I have a secret weapon. A secret Canadian weapon. A secret, um, Surrey, BC, weapon. Which is also, technically, an Indian weapon. Or Pakistani, depending on which one I use. My aunt…
Hóng Pútáojiǔ Chocolate Birthday Cake
This one had been sitting around in my drafts folder for ages, neatly cut and pasted but never attempted. It just seemed so incredibly decadent that I knew a) I had to make it and b) it had to be…
Do You Want Fries With That?: Aioli (and Basic Mayo)
Looking back over the past half dozen or so posts, I realized that I appeared to be slightly obsessed with bread products. I suppose this is a natural off shoot of living in this part of China, since Shanghai is…
A Tale of Two Tortillas
Note: For best results, this recipe should be attempted whilst accompanied by a very large pot of strong coffee and a little Nina Simone in the background. I used Anthology Disc 1. This morning started out quite optimistically. I had…
Woks and Bagels!
Sometimes I overwhelm myself with impulsiveness. I’m prone to throwing myself into projects head first with great enthusiasm until I get part way in and realize that 1. I don’t have all the ingredients/parts/equipment needed for it; 2. that in…
All My Stuff: What I Have In My Chinese Kitchen
Sometimes I think I’m the world’s worst expat. I live in China now (and before that, in Turkey and South Africa among other places) and yet I still insist on craving and cooking things that are utterly unChinese. If I…
Easy Peasy Potato-Enhanced Chapatis!
Yesterday, in a frenzy of gym-avoidance cooking, I spent the afternoon assembling a rather impressive feast of dhal (in a wok), chicken Jalfrezi (in the slow cooker, using the last few inches of my most recent batch of home made…
Disarmingly Practical Sino-Happy Chocolate Cake
Next Tuesday, I’m turning 37 so I decided to make myself a cake a week in advance, for my Thursday breakfast. 37 is a weird age to be turning because it holds absolutely no significance. It’s not a milestone. It…
Welsh Rarebit à la Chinoise
I’ll admit now that I’d never actually ever made Welsh Rarebit (or Rabbit or Bunny or whatever) before I was subtly dared to do so the other day on Facebook and so it’s a bit absurd that I’m now taking…
