food & things with Christy Wang
Growing up, every dinner was 三菜一汤, or “three dishes, 1 soup” because my dad loves soup and think it’s essential to have with a meal. 9 out of 12 months of the year, this is too much work for me, but during the winters, I …
A friend introduced me to che bap a few years ago and it’s always reminded me of the corn “tea” I grew up drinking, which was just the residual water left over from boiling corn, and I am so for it! It kinda reminds me …
Rainy days are for beef noodle soup!! I never make this *quite* the same way, but this is the basic riff off of. I’ve made this without the onion on a day I didn’t have any and couldn’t be bothered to go to the store. …
I’m not a big meal prep person in the sense that I don’t often make full meals in advance. I do ingredient prep though — which often means blanching veggies and soft-boiling eggs to have on hand for meals during the week. Sometimes this just …
Ahh, childhood!! When we’d shop at Ranch 99, they’d give us coupons that could be used at the deli counter — if we got the bento box it would come with corn and egg drop soup, which was the part that I look forward to …
My dad would make wonton soup with the simplest of ingredients — soy sauce, black vinegar, sesame oil, loads of white pepper, and hot water. While I still love the OG version, this one is a slightly more dressed up variation and very punchy in …