Making Lovely Lazy Bread for the Zombie Apocalypse
Y’all, I’ve been quiet here. Eerily quiet. And you’re probably thinking, where has she been and why has she been such a lazy broad in that puny Chinese kitchen of hers? Well. To begin with, a few things have changed…
Eating My Way Through Winter: Coconut Spice Bread
This is going to be a new series, if I can get my act together. At the moment my act is very obviously not together, but more about that later. I’ve decided that the best way to deal…
Stuffed Cabbage (Because it’s Cabbage Season)
The wind is just howling out there. Last night, I was kept up until the uncivilized hours by the noise of it just whipping around the building, slamming against the balcony that juts out, catching on the corner. Being on…
Made in Jiānádà: Suzhou Porky Mooncakes
Hello. I’ve been away for a while, haven’t I? It’s been a very hot, busy summer, much of it nowhere near a kitchen to call my own. We were in Morocco for a month, which was lovely in spite of…
The Infamous Mega-Carrot Cake
As you may have noticed, I haven’t exactly written anything here for, um, a while. Which isn’t to say that I haven’t been cooking- oh no. No. I’ve been Little Miss Cooks-A-Lot this month as my parental units are in…
Not Your Grandma’s Bazlama: Turkish Wok Bread!
As you probably already know (or don’t care), I lived in Turkey for 6 years before moving to China. For the first 2 years before I moved to Istanbul, I lived in a small city called Kayseri, on the edge…
Chicken Soup Cure for Sino Black Lung
This was originally going to be my ode to caldo xochitl, the soup I first had in a tiny little cafe in San Cristobal de las Casas about 3 years ago. I should note that thereafter, I had it again…
Semi-Lucid Rice Cooker Apple Cake
So I am sick again. This time it’s with a bronchial bark that frightens the neighbours and a fever that has made the past few days rather interesting, perception-wise. Mind you, sometimes when living in Shanghai it is difficult to…
Potato Pierogies for the People!
One of the unexpected things I’ve learned over the years of living in inconvenient places and having to improvise ways of making the comfort foods of my homeland is that the home made version is so much better than the…
The Hundred Beans Campaign: Red Chili For China
Shanghai’s frigid and grim season has landed with a cold, heavy thump. Last night in bed, my hands went kind of numb as I tried to read a book under my two thick duvets, with just my head and fingers…
