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Sup mang tay cua (Vietnamese asparagus and crab soup).
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Dried squid, shrimp, and scallops. My secret ingredients for a naturally savory broth for Vietnamese soups.
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With such a varied selection of fish sauces, how do you know which ones to choose? A discussion of fish sauces in general, and Vietnamese nuoc mam in particular.
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Roasted artichokes with chili aioli and tra atiso (Vietnamese artichoke tea).
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Salsa verde with four kinds of green.
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Tri-colored carrots simply roasted with brown sugar and butter.
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Weekend Wokking, a new food blog event in the spirit of Iron Chef and Weekend Herb Blogging. How many variations can we make? The inaugural "secret ingredient" is asparagus.
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Ca bong lau nuong voi mo hanh (Vietnamese roasted catfish with scallion oil).
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Yong tau foo began as a dish of Chinese stuffed tofu, but now can mean any of a variety of stuffed vegetables.
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Fermented bean curd, sometimes called "Chinese cheese" because of its similarity in texture, smell, and flavor to bleu cheese.
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Step-by-step photo instructions on how to chop and prepare sugarcane.
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Peanut butter and white chocolate drizzled popcorn.
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Looks like they're sour cream and onion potato chips, but they're not. Would you like a seaweed and salt chip?
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Loofah, the stuff you scrub with in the shower, is also edible.
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Che dau trang (Vietnamese dessert soup with white beans and sticky rice in coconut milk). I make mine with black-eyed peas.
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Banh tet chuoi, Vietnamese sticky rice cakes with baby bananas, steamed in banana leaves.
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Chinese hot and sour soup, a mainstay of many restaurants, is easy to create at home. The "hot" is white pepper and the "sour" is black vinegar.
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Unlike Indian or Thai curries, ca ri ga (Vietnamese chicken curry) is more like a stew.
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"Animal-style" fries and other In-N-Out "hidden menu" items, are no longer secret!
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Com lam (Vietnamese sticky rice in bamboo) in Sa Pa, Vietnam.
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How much do I love borscht? I made a 6-quart pot and ate it every day over the course of a week. And it was good every single time.
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Taiwanese popcorn tofu, a vegetarian take on a tea house snack favorite.
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What greater recipe to celebrate the love between purple cauliflower and purple yams than Indian aloo (Technically potatoes, yes I know, but let's give me a little leeway?) gobi (cauliflower).
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A little video demonstration on how I make scrambled egg omelets in a wok.
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Yang Chow fried rice, a staple at most Chinese restaurants.
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What to do when my uncle gave me a colander full of chili peppers? I made tuong ot xa (Vietnamese lemongrass chili sauce).
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Homemade char siu (Chinese barbecued pork). Juicy and flavorful without the food coloring-enhanced unreal pink color.
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German oven pancakes with cinnamon-apple topping. Just in time for National Pancake Day!
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It's loads cheaper to make your own Vietnamese banh mi. Plus, you can stuff it with as much meat as you'd like. The first of three banh mi recipes.
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Chocolate mochi with Nutella filling. Just in time for World Nutella Day!
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Forget wheatgrass! Pennywort has been credited with helping a Chinese tai chi master live to 256 and a Sri Lankan king satisfy his harem of 50 women. My recipe for nuoc rau ma (Vietnamese pennywort juice).
