Nuo Mi Fan (Chinese sticky rice)

Nuo Mi Fan (Chinese sticky rice)

My mom used to make this a couple of times a year and I would always look forward to it!! Though she’d tell me that I couldn’t eat too much because glutinous rice is harder for the stomach to digest and I’d get a stomach 

Charred cabbage with peanut sauce

Charred cabbage with peanut sauce

Cabbage and peanut sauce are a duo that’s just meant to be!! I first made this at an Airbnb a few months ago because these were the ingredients I could conjure up together from the pantry, and I loved it! You can either pan sear 

Egg and chive pockets (韭菜盒子)

Egg and chive pockets (韭菜盒子)

Chive pockets (韭菜盒子 Jiu Cai He Zi) are filled with egg, chive, and mung bean vermicelli. They’re another childhood favorite of mine and something that I would always look for on the menu when we went out to eat. Since they’re not always easy to 

Spicy Miso Braised Eggplant

Spicy Miso Braised Eggplant

I used to only like eggplant in baba ghanoush, and over time that came to include other roasted eggplant. Eating in its whole form was something I only started to like a couple of months ago when I started to cook it myself and this 

Zucchini-Corn Squash Blossom Pancakes

Zucchini-Corn Squash Blossom Pancakes

I love corn szn!!!! I started testing these pancakes before sweet corn hit the market and the zucchini-squash blossom pancakes kept coming out just a little too watery and I felt like it could use a bit more texture. My friend Steph tested these once 

Menemen

Menemen

Menemen is a homey Turkish tomato and eggs dish that I had quite a few times during my month-long stint in Istanbul. Some people make this with onions, and others without — I read that a survey was conducted and the results were pretty 50/50,