Daily Archives: January 14, 2022

French Buckwheat Crepes Classically used for Savory Fillings

Buckwheat is delicious and especially when used for these crepes. There are a couple of ways to prepare and use these types of crepes. They depend on whether the crepe is to be used “open faced”, as in the classic galette bretton (“pancake from Brittany”) type crepe dish, or rolled. Since 100% buckwheat flour creates…

Chinese Sausage Buns (Lap Cheung Bao)

It may be that the Chinese have more wrapped dishes than other cultures. So many buns and dumplings made with completely different wrappers and fillings. It would probably take a lifetime to catalogue all of them, but what a wonderful chore. Chinese sausage dates back almost 2000 years. The technique described in writings from that…