Celebrate National Pig Day

How would I like everyone to celebrate National Pig Day? Well, first of all, I would like everyone to recognize where the vast majority of the pork in thi country comes from: industrial farms which are pretty much nothing less than disgraceful threats to the ecological and medical health of our communities. Not to mention […]

Beef With String Beans and Sweet Pepper

This is my first official experiment in my quest to create accessible, simple recipes for those who are new to cooking Chinese foods, and it came about because I had a piece of beef top round thawed that needed to be cooked. I also had some string beans and a sweet red bell pepper sitting […]

From Simple Chinese Cooking: Chicken with Cashews

Chicken with cashews is a perennial favorite on the menu of Chinese restaurants all over the world. Being that I love both chicken and cashews, by all rights I should love it. However, far too often in my experience, it is a disappointing dish. Overcooked, bland chicken and soggy cashews drowning in puddles of oil […]

Variations on Chinese Recipes

Most of the recipes presented on this blog are ones that either are, or have become, favorites at my house, and they turn into standards that live in my head, and I no longer have to seek the written recipe in order to recreate them. However, these recipes do not stay static. I do not […]

A Sri Lankan Curry

Sri Lanka is a land of gemstones, tea and spices. This independent island nation, which sits about 18 miles or so off of the southeastern coast of India, is cast in the Indian epic, The Ramayana, as the stronghold of Ravana, the abductor of Sita, the wife of Rama, a human avatar of the god, […]

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