Seafood Boil is always a good option if you need to entertain at home with little time to prepare. Not sure if it’s an American-only thing b...

Thankfully I didn’t make much plan for my short trip to Kyoto, ‘cause otherwise any plan would have been severely disrupted by the heavy r...

Being in the mood for something quick and casual, I thought we should pay a return visit to the newish trattoria in our neighborhood last ...

I decided to take a week off in the middle of summer just to get some rest at home. When we told others about the plan, or rather a "...

I half-jokingly told my friends that I have bought so many young ginger roots at the market that maybe I should prepare the whole dinner u...

The other day a friend of ours passed us a giant wax gourd grown from her garden. Wax gourd, aka Togan in Japanese, is a common ingredient...

Originally I wasn't planning to make any dessert after our previous 2 courses of ravioli and chicken - thought we would finish the d...

I have this silicone bite-size brownie pan at home for a while, but I didn't use it that often until I realize it is good not only wi...

We seized the opportunity to try out our friend Chef David Lai's new Soho restaurant, Neighborhood, in its first evening of service du...

This is the third part of the vegetarian cooking series that I did for a local magazine a few months ago. One thing I learned during the...

This is the second part of the vegetarian cooking series. Well basically I was asked by a local magazine to share the recipes for several...

Friends who came to my place for dinner knew I love doing food experiments with them being the guinea pigs - some of them got the better of ...