Slice of Rice

  I love traveling but sometimes, when I get back, all I want is salad.  I was in Miami for work last week and when I got back yesterday...

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!  I don't know about y'all, but as much as I enjoy Thanksgiving, it wrecks me for weeks to come.  Too ...

Clearly I am fickle because I just found my new favorite watermelon salad.  And I think I declared my previous favorite (Hugh Acheson...

I'm not sure when I first stumbled across this recipe (or why), but it has been sitting in my draft post folder for some time.  My be...

It turns out that it's a good thing that I made those two homemade stocks while Alex was sick.  Guess who caught the head cold now?  ...

When I first saw this recipe for Xi'an Potsticker Dumplings I got really excited because they look like the pan-fried pork dumplings ...

I went a wee bit crazy with the grocery shopping last week and we have been working all week to try and use up all of the produce and pro...

I love highly flavored, exotic dishes but sometimes I need "boring" food.  When planning tonight's dinner all I could think...

This soup doesn't look like much - in fact, it kind of looks like gruel (or something equally gross).  But it was actually one of my ...

Two weekends ago Alex and I trekked down to Chinatown for lunch and groceries.  I love grocery shopping in Chinatown - everytime we go do...

This recipe is easily (and unequivocally) our favorite dish we have made from this cookbook.  Alex and I were unanimous on that point.  A...

It looks like we are making up for the lack of recent Chinese meals with a vengeance.  First there was the Fish-Fragrant Eggplant (Yu Xia...

This recipe is one that I found a few weeks ago when looking for new tofu recipes.  It sounded a little weird, but intriguing.  I have ne...

It was pretty exciting to be able to eat dinner at home tonight and last (that post is going to have to wait until later).  Work has bee...

I will lead off by saying this, it really is difficult for tofu to be delicious.  Or at least it is difficult for it to compete against...

What do you do when it's 8:00 pm and you realize that your dinner that you were in the midst of making is going to take another 2 hou...

After Alex's work retreat this weekend (which I sometimes refer to as "science camp") he requested something light and not...

Before I lived in China I was fairly certain that tofu was evil.  Well, maybe not evil but I certainly thought it was bland and far from...

What does it say about Alex and I that when we were looking through our fridge and the only things we had to make were eggs and tofu my...

I have been meaning to try out this recipe for awhile.  It wasn't exciting enough to make the list of "must try" recipes,...