June 16, 2011
I came across a call in a Chinese recipe for ‘cassava jelly, which can be found in north Chouzhou grocery stores.’ Not…terribly helpful. An internet search brings up very little as well. So Cassava is a starchy, woody-looking tuber which is used the world over as a culinary staple. Also known as Yuca, or Manioc. [...]
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June 3, 2011
I’d heard of lotus seed before, but the only way I’d ever encountered it was in it’s candied form at Vietnamese New Year, and as lotus seed paste in candies. I’d never worked with the raw material. The lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, is a fresh-water plant found in semi-tropical areas. The iconography of the lotus is [...]
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Salted Duck Eggs
August 11, 2011Hi everyone, I know I promised you a post, but life has recently gotten in the way of that. I was let go from my job two weeks ago, and my previously busy life has turned upside-down. You’d think that I would be eager to take my sudden glut of free time and start really [...]