Lately, things have been pretty hectic here at Appetite for China. Recipe-testing for the cookbook is still in full force, and I have been finding myself eating 3 lunches a day. (Oof.) The site is al...
Within China, there are wildly divergent ways of cooking almost any dish. Take kung pao chicken, for example. The Sichuanese are wild about their version with smoky dried chilis and crunchy peanuts, ...
Pork salad! If these two words make you perk up at your desk, please read on. [But before I begin, an apology first to anyone who has used the "Contact Me" form in the past couple of months...
These days, over the course of a typical week, I bring home and cook about five pounds of meat and seafood. This may not seem like much for a family of four, but when youre one person testing and ret...
Well, to begin with, thank you, dear readers, for being very patient with me on this blog. I really cant believe its been over three weeks since Ive last posted. Or the fact that its almost April. Or...
I dont know exactly when or how Coca-cola chicken wings became a Chinese dish, but its a baby compared to everything that originated back when dynasties existed. Heck, many people dont even realize i...
Writing a cookbook that involves historical research is no easy task. Here at the Appetite for China headquarters in Brooklyn, Ive been recipe-testing like crazy for the past few months while devot...
Do you like Chinese and Portuguese food? Are you intrigued by an East-West fusion cuisine that dates back to the 1600s? Are you simply a huge fan of pork? Im teaching a Cuisine of Macau class next T...
Ive been to Sunset Park plenty of times before for grocery shopping and eating, but have somehow missed East Harbor Seafood Palace, supposedly one of the best dim sum restaurants in New York. Robyn f...
Almost every omnivore in the U.S. goes wild for chicken wings. Juicy meat, glistening skin that can be roasted, grilled or fried...whats not to love? Yet very few of us seem to feel the same about ch...
Living far away from family this year, I didnt celebrate the first week of Chinese New Year by going out for dim sum or another festive meal. I talked to my parents in China via cell phone, made some...
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