Archive for April, 2006

Steamed Whole Fish with Black Bean

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006

It does tend to freak out the Westerners, at least those who haven’t dipped their toe very far into the pool of Chinese cuisine. There it is, a whole fish, sitting on a plate, its eye glaring up at you, and you’re supposed to eat it. Why should you?
Well, how’s this for starters: if there’s […]

Chicken with Red Pepper Shreds

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

I confess that I don’t put much thought into presentation, but I think this is a pretty attractive dish:

Still, I wouldn’t make it if it weren’t delicious, and I’ve made it over and over, because I love it, and it’s one of my wife’s favorites. Moist, resilient, oily chunks of chicken breast, livened up with […]

Cauliflower with smoky bacon

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

I’m willing to go to great lengths to try to cook awesome Chinese food. Sometimes you have to, to make wonderful things like Peking Duck. I don’t really have much of an interest in recipes that have been streamlined, to make things easy on the cook, at the cost of losing some of the […]