On our last trip to Chinatown, my mom picked up some fresh bamboo shoots from a vendor on Hester. I’ve never seen fresh bamboo shoots, but my mom assured me that they were very easy to cook with and fresh bamboo tasted a lot better than anything you’d find from a can. We [...]
On Sunday, my friend Sumon called me to ask me about my Aerogarden. Sumon’s interested in purchasing an Aerogarden for himself but I had to tell him about my experience with the machine. While it started out well, this is what my Aerogarden looked like towards the end:
The problem with my Aerogarden was [...]
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, we had a dessert after our hot pot party that was from a popular show in China. The show, Wo Ju (??), reflects the current pricey housing market in China. One of the main characters, a middle-aged (and married) city mayor’s secretary, chases and woos a newly [...]
I’ve written about hot pots before, but one of the easiest parties you can throw - there’s very little prep work, it involves lots of guest interaction, and you’re guaranteed a good meal! For this hot pot, my mom went to Chinatown, picked up a ton of thinly sliced meat (pork, beef, and lamb), [...]
A couple of weeks ago, La Tortilla Factory sent me a bunch of their tortilla samples to try. They have low-carbohydrate tortilla wraps for those on the Atkins diet, 100-calorie tortillas, and corn tortillas. They’re all really great, but for this quick and easy weeknight dinner, I used the corn tortillas (yellow corn [...]
