Red Bean Paste Pancakes (Hong dao guo ping)
These are delicious pancakes and easy to make. They can be served as part of a dim sum lunch or as sweet dish after or…
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Cherry Vareniki
Vareniki are the Ukranian and Russian version of pierogi. Pierogi are the Polish dumplings that classically are stuffed with potatoes. Vareniki can also be stuffed…
Sour Cream Dough (for Peirogi/Vareniki/etc..)
Sour cream is an acidic fat and a fermented product. Cream is fermented with lactic acid producing bacteria. This results is the tangy taste of…
Caramelized Onions
Onions contain sugars and the slow long cooking process brings them to the forefront. This is the caramelizing process. Cooking slowly will cause a material…
Red Bean Paste
Red bean paste is a wonderful ingredient that is used in a number of different types of buns throughout the Far East. In Korea it…
Dou Sha Bao
The Adzuki bean has a long history. Originally domesticated in china approximately 3000 BC. They are called “anko” in Japan and probably arrived in Japan…
Nice, France
Nice is the capital of the French Reviera, a beautiful and wonderful city on the Mediterranean Ocean. The area was first inhabited by early man…
Pierogi (Cheese and Potato)
Perhaps one of the most recognized wrapped dumpling in the Western world, apart from Chinese and Japanese dumplings, is the Pierogi. Pierogi is plural meaning…
Aloo Paratha (Indian breakfast “flat bread”)
Aloo paratha is a dish originating in the Punjab region of India. Frequently served for breakfast. The name, derives from aloo, meaning potato, parat, meaning…
Graši (Latvian) – Stuffed Rissoles
The term “rissoles” derives from the French verb “rissole” which means to brown. The term has gone through extensive changes from when Auguste Escoffier used…