When I was researching my first book, The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook, several Chinese Americans I spoke to told me that their parents prepared steamed chicken or duck instead of roast turkey for Thanksgiving. I wasn't surprised because steaming is more traditional than roasting in many Asian...
Trout, brook Credit: Knepp, Timothy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service I know, I know, you don't like your dinner staring back at you. But please heed my one impassioned request: don't wimp out and get fish fillets. Before you get yourself into a tizzy, hear me out. There are so many...
Aunty Pearlie is not related to me by blood; she is, in fact, my friend Ivy's mother. In Asian culture, we call our friends' parents "aunty" and "uncle" as a form of respect. This was a concept my husband, let's call him hungry_ hobbit (yes, he...
This is me. This is the hole I made in the bottom of my mom's steamer pot. And I'm looking at you right through it. You'd think it would be pretty hard to bore a hole through metal. Think again. When it comes to me in the kitchen, anything is possible. I was...
