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Rellenong Manok–A Very Special Pinoy Holiday Dish

22 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Celebrations, Comfort food, Cooking method, Entrees, family, Filipino, Food traditions, Fusion, Meat, Roasting, Tips and techniques

Holiday traditions in the U.S. abound. From roasted goose to the Feast of Seven Fishes, many American immigrant communities bring a piece of their homeland to the Christmas table. The Filipino dish rellenong manok (rel-ye-nong ma-nok) must be one of the most intricate and elaborate, both...

Stir-fried Eggs with Heirloom Tomatoes (西红柿炒鸡蛋)

16 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese, Comfort food, Entrees, Kid-friendly, Recipes, Stir-frying, Vegetable

Ask anyone of Chinese descent and they’ll most likely tell you stir-fried eggs and tomatoes was a staple dish on their when-I-was-growing-up table. Just like lola’s pancit or obachan’s niku jaga, each family has their own rendition of this homestyle, comforting dish. Yes to Shaoxing Chinese...

Instant Ramen History and Hacks

14 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Boiling, Comfort food, Japanese, Noodles, One-wok meal

I may only be slightly exaggerating when I say that instant noodles are synonymous with starving college students. I’m sure even you dear reader have recollections of huddling over steaming Styrofoam cups, shoveling curly noodles into mouths and slurping soup between cramming for midterms and/or a...

Easy Peasy Creamy Lychee Popsicles

10 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Comfort food, Fruit, No cook, Snacks, Sweets/desserts

My first taste of the lychee (also spelled "litchi") fruit came from a can. I can still remember biting into soft, milky white flesh, a sweet floral taste bursting in my mouth. It was definitely love at first bite and it’s stuck with me. When I was...

Glutinous Rice Dumplings and the Dragon Boat Festival

19 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Boiling, Celebrations, Chinese, Comfort food, Cook books, Food traditions, Indonesian, One-wok meal, Snacks, Stir-frying, Taiwanese

I have vivid memories of the annual dragon boat festival, also called Duan Wu Jie (端午节) or Double Fifth Festival (because it occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional lunar calendar). Most of the time, we watched the dragon boat races (the...

Take the #APAEverywhere Challenge!

22 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Celebrations, Comfort food, Food traditions

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center has designed a fun social media challenge to put #APAEverywhere! You can complete the challenges on social media or on your #APAEverywhere account through May 31, 2015. To open your #APAEverywhere account, register...

A Chat with Leela Punyaratabandhu of SheSimmers.com and “Simple Thai Food” Cookbook Giveaway

15 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Comfort food, Cook books, One-wok meal, Stir-frying, Thai

Leela Punyaratabandhu is the lyrical voice behind the award-winning Thai food blog SheSimmers.com. Her debut cookbook Simple Thai Food--Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen (Ten Speed Press, May 2014) was released almost exactly one year ago on May 13. To celebrate her book's first birthday, I asked Leela to...

A Chef Dishes on Mom and a Taiwanese Fried Chicken Recipe

08 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Appetizers, Comfort food, Deep-frying, Entrees, Fusion, Japanese, Taiwanese

Many chefs pay homage to their moms and the recipes that nourished them as children in their restaurants. In a Mother's Day tribute for edibleDC’s Spring issue (out now!), I had the privilege of talking to three Washington D.C. chefs about their awesome moms and...

Hot and Sour Soup (Suan La Tang)

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Appetizers/Sides, Boiling, Chinese, Comfort food, Food traditions, Soups

Last Saturday, I had two cooking demos at the Freer and Sackler Galleries in downtown D.C. as part of their Lunar New Year family day celebrations. The weather forecast predicted snow (they were actually right!) and I was expecting maybe 5 people to show up at...

Sweet Mung Bean Porridge and Pandan Leaves

20 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Breakfast, Comfort food, Indonesian, Snacks, Sweets/desserts

I don't know why, but snowy days and cold weather tend to bring on a bout of nostalgia. The temperatures dipped into the teens and about 10 inches of snow fell on Tuesday, unusual for Northern Virginia. As I was curling up on my couch and...

Pickles and Tea Comfort food