chinese taro cake recipe – how to make wu tao gou taro cake, or wu tao gou, is a savory steamed cake filled with starchy taro, salty lap cheong (chinese sausage) and chew dung gu (shiitake mushrooms). it’s really soft when it comes out of the steamer, so cutting it into slices and pan-frying it […]
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Miso Barley Pilaf with Mushrooms
when i was in elementary school, my mom went on a detoxing low sugar, no nightshade diet at the recommendation of her acupuncturist. for the most part, the rest of us weren’t affected- we still had pizza and dried apricots and chinese fried eggplant and plenty of chocolate. what i do remember is the miso […]
Shiitake Mushroom and Avocado Sushi
this shiitake mushroom and avocado sushi is filled with tons of goodies, including savory sauteed mushrooms, creamy avocado and tangy pickled ginger. i mentioned planning an asian pacific american heritage month event at work a few weeks ago; that event finally happened last week! it was a lot of stress: carrying boxes filled with milk […]
Sweet Potato Burrito Bowl
this charred sweet potato burrito bowl is the perfect way to start meal prepping this year and get your guac fix in! happy 2019! i have a few goals in mind for the coming year: volunteer 50 hours in 2019 i hovered around 25 hours last year between the time i spent as an assistant […]
sweetgreen Shroomami
this sweetgreen shroomami is a mushroom grain bowl with miso ginger dressing from sweetgreen, one of my favorite salad/grain bowl chains. it’s packed with kale, beets, tofu and spicy sesame seeds for a really hearty entree. all i do these days is work, potato and go out with friends. which is fine and dandy and […]
No Mai Fan
saghar of lab noon sent out a call for a virtual midsummer potluck for peace, and i was on board 3409%. i don’t feel as fragile now as i did back in november, in a post-election haze. you know, when my already tear-y instincts were heightened to the point where i almost started bawling in […]