Snacks

Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings

These Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings are finger-licking delicious! Like the best potato chips, once you start eating you will want another and another! Salt and Pepper are essential seasonings and the combo in recipes appeal to almost all humans everywhere! Yes, we try to [read more…]

Spicy German Pork Schnitzel

German Pork Schnitzel (schweineschnitzel) is definitely a meal to enjoy. A Schnitzel is a thin slice of meat seasoned and fried in a flour, egg, and breadcrumb coating. Many people use the term  “Schnitzel” to mean “Weiner Schnitzel”—which is a delicious veal schnitzel made famous [read more…]

Korean Style Shrimp and Rice Corn Dog (Mini)

This Korean Style Shrimp and Rice Corn Dog can become your new favorite! Korean Corn Dogs rule as the most popular street food in South Korea. They are now conquering streets in both Eastern and Western hemispheres. Okay, that’s probably too strong a claim! But [read more…]

Chinese Red Bean Paste Sesame Balls 红豆馅芝麻球

Have you ever wondered about Chinese desserts? They are less sweet and more blended and balanced than many western desserts. I especially like the artistic nature and chewable texture of the treasure-laden golden sesame seed finger balls. Red Bean Paste Sesame Balls are popular as [read more…]

Festive Chinese Chicken Dumplings

Festive Chinese Chicken Dumplings

To celebrate the 2020 Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival and the Chinese National Day, I created this Festive Chinese Chicken Dumplings as the symbol of family gatherings and love. In China, dumplings are big family meals. We gather to prepare the food, making the dumplings and fillings. [read more…]

Yummy Steak Pizza Light

Yummy Steak Pizza Light

Steak on pizza? It just sounds fabulous to me. If you love steak and you also love pizza, this Yummy Steak Pizza Light recipe is perfect for you. I know, I know. Eating a big steak these days can fill us with guilt that eating [read more…]

Portuguese Egg Tart Delight

Portuguese Egg Tart Delight

I just love Portuguese Egg Tart. I used to live in Zhuhai, which is on the border with Macau. When I was able to visit Macau, I walked immediately to “Cookie Street” and bought beautifully baked and luscious Portuguese Egg Tarts (Pastel de Nata). These [read more…]

Honey-Buttered Korean Fried Chicken with Almonds

Honey-Buttered Korean Fried Chicken — this Korean specialty has become a global culinary favorite. The Honey Butter flavor caresses your taste buds and insists that one piece is not enough! Korean Fried Chicken is a popular choice as an appetizer, a main dish, or as [read more…]

Kaleidoscopic Chinese Tea Eggs 茶叶蛋

Kaleidoscopic Chinese Tea Eggs 茶叶蛋

These Kaleidoscopic Chinese Tea Eggs (茶叶蛋) are key parts of a food culture that is at least as old as the Tang Dynasty (1500 years ago). Just peeling them open reveals ancient patterns that resonate in the psychedelic “Tie-Dyed” Hippy dresses of the 1960s and [read more…]

Korean Fried Chicken with Sweet and Spicy Walnuts

Korean Fried Chicken with Sweet and Spicy Walnuts

The Fried Chicken delight is one of the most popular and traditional Korean specialties worldwide. The chicken is so crunchy and juicy and has an amazing combination of spices and sweetness. There is a stickiness that marries everything into an addictive whole. I have added [read more…]