Colorful recipes with seasonal food
I usually make deep fried donuts and not baked so haven’t had much use for my donut pan. Sue found a photo on Pinterest of sushi donuts so we thought that would be a fun way to get some use out of the pan. Sushi donuts are the perfect appie to bring to your next…
This post was sponsored by USA Rice Canada. We were compensated monetarily but all opinions and experiences, as always, are our own! Sue and I really cannot get enough rice. I mean, seriously, can we talk about the nutritional advantages of rice for a second? · Rice is a delicious and versatile, slow burning complex…
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When I first found out that the summer collaboration star ingredient was going to be tomatoes, I envisioned a really photogenic heirloom tomato pizza or shakshuka, but the more I thought about it, the more my mind kept going back to this homely, homey dish. It will never win awards for its looks, but it’s…
I’ve been paddling in the annual Boston Dragon Boat Festival for over a decade now, and every year I consider trying to make zongzi, the traditional food eaten for the festival, but by the time the festival rolls around, I always find myself too busy with the races or traveling to attempt them. This year…
If you’ve ever made Japanese curry rice from one of those store-bought curry blocks, you know how delicious and easy it is, but did you know it’s almost as easy to make it from scratch? And considering the palm oil, MSG, and preservatives used in the blocks, it’s probably a lot healthier to make your…
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I only needed one bite of the Portuguese Chicken Rice from Double Chin to know that I needed to figure out how to make it at home. I hadn’t even ordered it myself; my friend Alvin was nice enough to let a bunch of us try his, and I’m so grateful he did. Sadly, it’s…
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One of the reasons I started this blog 5 years ago was to document and share my mom’s amazing Taiwanese cooking. Since then, I’ve gone on to post a lot of different recipes, but hers are still my favorite ones because they remind me of home. The other day I was craving some of…
A few years ago, I visited Rio de Janeiro with my friend Ellen, a fellow foodie. Our second night there, we had planned to walk from our hotel in Copacabana to Azul Arinho, a restaurant on Ipanema known for their moqueca. Along the way, we found a cute gelato shop, Beijo Carioca, and, upon realizing…
