This is my perfect Cucumber Tomato Salad, with just enough mint to bring out the essence of the cucumbers and grape tomatoes. It’s refreshing and pairs beautifully with all kinds of summer favorites, from grilled meat to seafood!  A Simple Salad to Repeat All Summer Long  When summer comes, I’m always ready to embrace all […]

This is my go to side salad that I make often, whether it’s for two people, four, six, or ten. A good side salad strikes a balance of ease and satisfaction, and this has become my old reliable for simple dinners at home and entertaining.  The Key Ingredient Is Kind of a Big Dill The […]

Close your eyes, take a bite of this tropical granola, and it’s like you’re halfway to a beach somewhere. Made with toasted oats, golden cashews and/or macadamia nuts, coconut flakes, and sweet chunks of dried papaya and pineapple, this tropical granola recipe makes sunshine in a jar.  Sprinkle it over some plain yogurt with honey, […]

These Gluten Free Scallion Pancakes are a marvel: chewy, crispy, scallion-packed and absurdly fast to whip up. Instead of using gluten-free flour, which produces a dense, dry pancake, we make them with layers of Vietnamese rice paper—to gloriously chewy and crispy effect!  The Best solution for a chewy, flaky, gluten-free scallion pancake Making Chinese food […]

We’ve been making this Hot Dog Potato Salad for years. It’s perfect for summer gatherings with family and friends when you need a satisfying and tasty side dish!  This recipe is a great new way to savor hot dogs, particularly when maybe you don’t have quite enough for each person at the table to have […]

Ham Sui Gok (咸水角) are Cantonese fried dumplings made with a chewy glutinous rice dough and a savory pork filling. You may recognize them from dim sum carts or your favorite Chinese bakery! A Classic Dim Sum Item  The term “glutinous rice dumpling” is one that we’ve used before to describe sticky rice zongzi (粽子), […]