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Air Fryer Green Beans

One of my favorite vegetable side dishes is Chinese garlic green beans, which I learned to cook from Mama Lin. The beauty of that dish is the irresistibly soft texture and vibrant green color of the ...

Chinese Smashed Cucumber Salad (拍黃瓜)

When I lived in China over 10 years ago, I tasted smashed cucumber salad (拍黃瓜, pai huang gua) for the first time. It is a simple dish of cucumber pieces tossed with lots of garlic, vinegar, and ...

Chili Crisp & Garlic Roasted Asparagus

My favorite way to prepare asparagus is to roast them. It is easy to prepare and it’s pretty hands off in terms of cooking. For a full meal, you can roast the asparagus alongside root vegetables. ...

Cajun Seasoning with Porcini Mushrooms

In my cajun-spiced grilled tofu post, I mentioned that I would develop a recipe for a homemade cajun seasoning. Well, here it is! While researching for this post, I went down a ...

How to Roast Garlic

Years ago, I learned how to roast garlic so that I could make roasted garlic hummus at home. (It's one of my favorite things to snack on.) For some reason, I had thought that roasting garlic is a very ...