Easy Way to Cook Hard-boiled Egg
I learned to perfect boiled eggs when I started decorating eggs for my people at my gym. I mean, unless you are decorating or making deviled egg, who would usually…
Browsing Author mk
I Do Eggs For Bridal Shower
Here we are–another successful breakfast party held this morning by my gym buddies, this time a surprise wedding shower for one of our instructors and another fellow body pumper. The…
Making only 200 sandwiches
It’s all relative–cooking for 1000 or cooking for 20. It’s doable and a wonderful challenge. About 20 years ago, when we lived in the Philippines, I had a Thai friend…
Stir-fried Beef With Green Onions
This is a classic Cantonese dish, offered in restaurants but also cooked as a home dish. Stir-fried beef can be fried with any kind of vegetables—but popular combinations include spring…
Quick Soup Noodles With Sichuan Preserved Vegetables
This is similar to the classic Taiwan soup noodle, Sichuan Preserved Vegetables Pork Soup Noodle (Zha Cai Ro Si Tang Mian), which uses zha cai, the preserved vegetable, and…
Spring’s onions
Spring has come and with it the abundance of wonderful veggies–asparagus, beans, root vegetables including onions and garlic. I had never really paid much attention to seasonal vegetables. We seem…
Choy sum, cai xin
Choy sum is the Cantonese name of this popular Cantonese vegetable. In Mandarin it’s cai xin. A member of the mustard family, choy sum has tiny yellow flowers.…