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Lotus Root Upside Down Cake

For the past few years, I have been documenting and recording my mom’s Lunar New Year recipes with the hope of preserving them for future generations in my family. Although they seemed complicated at ...

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 ...

Fat Goh (Fa Gao, 發糕, Chinese Prosperity Cake)

Every Lunar New Year, Mama Lin will steam fat goh (發糕, also known as fa gao), lightly sweet cakes that open up and blossom once they’re steamed. As a matter of fact, many Chinese families steam fat ...