Lisa Lin

Furikake Rice Krispies Treats

In many Asian snacks, you often see a lot of sweet and savory flavor combinations, such as corn and seaweed snacks or this furikake Chex mix. I love this play on sweet and savory flavors and wanted to ...

Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese with Rice Cracker Topping

Growing up in a Chinese household, I always found Asian rice cracker snacks stashed away in the cupboards. The subtle toasted rice aroma in these snacks made them irresistible to eat. As much as I ...

What is Daikon?

Written by Lisa Lin & Diann Leo-Omine WHAT IS DAIKON? Daikon is a type of radish in the Brassicaceae family, or the cabbage family. Daikon (大根, literally translating to “big root”) is the ...

Thin Ginger & Sesame Cookies

Thank you to Bob’s Red Mill for sponsoring this post! Whenever I visit my family in San Francisco, I always make treats for them to enjoy. My family generally has a sweet tooth, but they’ve had to ...

Browned Butter Furikake Chex Mix

This browned butter furikake Chex mix recipe was originally published in November 2017. I have updated the post to include more photos and notes about substituting ingredients in the snack mix. ...

Mashed Potato Waffles with Chinese Sausage

When I was a teenager, I would often come home from school feeling incredibly hungry. There weren’t many snacks in my house, but I could always find packets of instant mashed potatoes that my family ...

Kabocha Congee (Jook)

When the weather starts to get a little chilly, I feel the urge to cozy up to a bowl of congee. I find so much comfort in a warm bowl of savory rice porridge. In Chinese, congee is called 粥, and it’s ...

Sweet Rice Cakes with Red Bean Paste (糯米餅)

Sweet rice cakes with red bean paste filling are something that Mama Lin makes often for gatherings. They are flat “cakes” with a chewy mochi-like exterior and smooth red bean paste in the center. In ...

Air Fryer Eggplant with Miso Sauce

After publishing my spicy eggplant stir fry recipe, quite a few people asked if there was a way to prepare the eggplant with less oil. In that recipe, I shallow fry eggplant in 3/4 cup of oil, which ...

Mung Bean Cakes (綠豆糕)

Several years ago, Mama Lin visited my aunt in Oregon, who made delicious mung bean cakes (綠豆糕). In Chinese, 綠豆糕 means “green bean cake” and is pronounced look dau go in Cantonese and lü dou gao in ...

Smooth Red Bean Paste (豆沙)

Red bean paste, 豆沙 in Chinese, is a sweetened bean paste that is often used as a filling in Asian pastries, such as mooncakes, mochi, or baked breads. In Cantonese, 豆沙 is pronounced dau saa; in ...