Every time I browse through the snack aisles at an Asian market nostalgia pulls me back to my childhood and days spent after school with my grandparents who plied me with small plates of assorted packaged tea cookies (aka biscuits), savory-sweet soy glazed rice crackers, and glossy baubles of Cadbury chocolate-covered almonds. No one, least…
Month: April 2021
Love in a bowl of soup
Long before the foodie world’s love affair with soup dumplings dominated the restaurant scene, there was wonton soup–the OG of Chinese fast casual fare. It was the standard quick lunch for many a worker, along with the assorted meat and rice plate–roast duck, bbq pork, soy sauce chicken, crackling skin roast pork, take your pick….
The Escape Artist
It’s a rare thing when I come across a cookbook I not only want to read, but actually want to plunk down cold hard cash to buy in hardcover–happens maybe at the most once a year. That’s not to say I don’t buy cookbooks for others, especially when it’s something I know they’ll really enjoy,…