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…
Lavash crackers qui rit (and crockpot hummus)
Oh. Hello. You might remember me from such diverse posts as Xinjiang Noodle Dough Tacos and Xinjiang Noodle Dough Pierogies. I’ve been slightly out of commission recently, what with suddenly having 5 jobs and all. I must say, it sure…
Tandoori Chicken Wraps (plutôt à la chinoise)
Spring has sprung! Shanghai is currently alternating between gorgeous, sunny, warm days and, well, the usual grim and drizzly murkiness that seems to be its default mood. I, however, have been feeling remarkably sane (highly unusual) and have been quite…
The Infamous Hangzhou Hotel Apple Crisp
Things are afoot. Now that spring has suddenly sprung here in Shanghai, many of the winter worries that had been taxing my brain are starting to resolve themselves. I won’t go into them in great detail here- that’s what my…
Icebox Haw Cookies Saved for a Rainy/Crappy Day
I’m not, as Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes once insisted, having the time of my life. Aside from the absence of Patrick Swayze, things here are a bit topsy turvy. We just got word that our landlord will be selling…
The Lazy Laowai’s Guide to Toaster Oven Focaccia
As you’ve probably noticed by now, I have a thing for unleavened bread, especially unleavened bread made in the wok using a highly unlikely Uyghur noodle dough recipe. I’ve turned that into chapatis, tortillas, pierogies, spaghetti, medieval dumplings and ravioli.…
Soft Cheese; Hard Wok: Experimenting with Fromage
I’ve made cheese here before. You may recall my happy forays into mascarpone and ricotta a few months back. As well, over on my other blog, the non-foodie one, I delved briefly into goat milk paneer when I went home last…
Xinjiang Noodle Dough Enchiladas. Really.
With my crock pot full of fermenting cabbage this month, I’ve had to start re-thinking my usual culinary fall-back techniques of, well, throwing everything in the fridge into the crock pot and hoping for the best. Since I went a…
Dragon-Baiting Roasted Chili-Garlic Wonton Crisps
I spent most of last month under water in Thailand, thinking about what I’d do differently when back in Shanghai. Like Chinese New Year resolutions. I tend to have a lot of these big thinks when I’m in places where…
Brown Sugar Toaster Oven Christmas Cookies
It’s Christmas Eve and I am sick again. This time I have a cold and managed to set a world record for most consecutive sneezes in a single morning. We attempted to remedy this at lunch by going out for…
