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Toisan New Year Rice Cakes (迎年圓)

Lunar New Year celebrations aren’t complete without a batch of Mama Lin’s 迎年圓, literally “rice cakes to welcome the new year.” In the Toisan dialect (台山話), it's pronounced ngan nan zyuan (note that ...

Savory Tang Yuan

Savory Tang Yuan (Glutinous Rice Balls, 鹹湯圓)

Many of us think about the winter solstice merely as the shortest day of the year, but in Chinese culture it is a very important festival. Dongzhi (冬至), which literally translates to “the extreme of ...

Taro Cake

Steamed Taro Cake (芋頭糕, 芋頭糍)

HOW TO SAY TARO CAKE IN CHINESE Taro Cake is 芋頭糕 in traditional Chinese characters and 芋头糕 in simplified characters. The Cantonese pronunciation is woo tau go and the Mandarin pronunciation is yu ...

Asian Rice Crackers

A Guide to Asian Rice Crackers

Have you ever eaten Asian rice crackers? Here’s a guide on various popular rice snacks that you can find in Asian supermarkets. This list also includes information on where to buy these Asian rice ...

Nian Gao (年糕, Chinese New Year Cake)

WHAT IS NIAN GAO? Every year, Mama Lin makes a nian gao (年糕, neen go in Cantonese) for Lunar New Year. The character “年” means “year” and “糕” roughly translates to “cake.” Put together, 年糕 means ...

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Hello! I’m Lisa Lin.

Ever since I can remember, I’ve helped Mama Lin (my mother) make misshaped dumplings and beat the fluffiest egg whites for her famous angel food cake. That’s probably where I picked up my love for cooking.

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