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Learn easy Chinese recipes for your family to explore and eat together.
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"My recipes were taught by families in China who wanted to share their food with families around the world."
As a food editor for Time Out Beijing and avid traveller, author Shanti Christensen experienced the best cuisine China had to offer. Yet Shanti still yearned to know about Chinese culture and cuisine in a deeper way; to understand the Chinese experience from the most intimate perspective―that of the Chinese family.
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Family Style Chinese Cookbook is an assemblage of family recipes that Shanti collected during her time with families throughout China. Presented alongside endearing stories, these recipes form a Chinese cookbook that a truly unique experience to excite your curious spirit and surprise your adventurous palette.
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Farm-to-Table Cooking with Kalyanee
Cooking Chinese food is easy with seasonal vegetables. Using some of the basic Chinese condiments in your pantry like chili bean paste, fermented black beans, soy sauce and spices, you can whip up an easy yet nutritious meal with seasonal vegetables for your family. The garden or farm is your oyster!
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September's Seasonal Stir-fry
Seasonal produce tastes alive because it isn't harvested prematurely and left on a shelf to ripen. Harvesting food before it's ready and waiting for it to be ready on a shelf just doesn't sound right. Get the list of September's stir-fry-friendly vegetables. 

This September, the markets are filled with the sappy crunch of okra, the nuttiness of eggplant, and the sweets and spice of many, many peppers. Bring them together in an easy stir-fry.
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Pork and Peppers: Two Recipes for Twice-Cooked Pork
  1. Twice-Cooked Pork (Huí Guō Ròu, 回锅肉)
  2. Liu Ayi's Recipe Twice-Cooked Pork

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Beijing Street Food Guides
  • Explore along Huguosi Jie for snacks with history.
  • Eat like a local at some of Beijing's neighborhood spots.
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Dry-Braised Fish with Spring Onion
Cooking a fish is super easy. Grab your cast-iron wok and a sustainable fish—carp, bass, or trout—and feed the family!
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Malaysian Curry Chicken

The family will scarf down this tender chicken curry. This is a Nyonya recipe passed down from a mother to us.
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Have a cold?

Ginger, radishes, and pears are natural ways to fight the cold and win! Try these soothing home remedies and get well.
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  • Home
  • Recipes
    • Chinese Cuisine >
      • Soy-sauce-Braised Pork Belly
      • Shanti's Twice-Cooked Pork 湘緹的回鍋肉
      • Twice-Cooked Pork Haunch
      • September Stir-fry: Okra, Eggplant, and Peppers
    • Other Cuisines >
      • Guisado de Puerco
      • Kale & Quinoa Crustless Quiche
      • Kari Ayam (Malaysian Curry Chicken)
      • Tamarind Chili Pork Ribs
    • Food as Medicine >
      • Chinese Cold Remedies
    • Desserts >
      • Faye's Famous Carrot Cake
      • Lola's Leche Flan
  • Blog