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LightRefreshingCool: soba noodles with dipping sauce
Shanghai summer, electric with the endless buzz of cicadas, is in full swing. With the mercury hitting — and passing — 35C for days on end, hovering over a gas stove to make a hot meal begins to its appeal. … Continue reading
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In love: light green spaghetti
I’m in love with the zucchini in noodle form. Although its heavy-handed supermarket packaging upsets the environmentalist in me, I’ve learned to peel back the plastic and see it for the astonishingly versatile vegetable that it is. Having come across … Continue reading
The obligatory soup noodle post
There’s one of these homemade-Asian-noodle-soup photos in practically every food/cooking blog, it seems, so I might as well add mine now: buckwheat (soba) noodles with plump shiitake mushrooms in homemade stock, drizzled with sesame oil. To up my vegetable intake … Continue reading
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Stonesoup’s carrot soup
Growing up with a grandmother whose favourite food is soup, I used to have a bowl of it (most often Cantonese slow-cooked soup or fish broth, but occasionally a can of Campbell’s to placate the kids) at every evening meal. … Continue reading
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Noodletime
I recently realized that I haven’t used the rice cooker (to cook rice) in a long time. Weeks, probably more than a month. Which is a little eerie to me, given that I remember proclaiming at the dinner table just … Continue reading
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The well-fed poor man: Spaghetti with fried eggs
I stumbled upon a “minimalist” pasta recipe on NYTimes a few months ago, tried it, and was immediately hooked. It is essentially a healthier version of carbonara, but even without any meat or dairy, this dish is surprisingly rich. Although … Continue reading
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