"Mongolian" Chicken

October 17, 2024 in Chinese Food, American Food, Gluten Free, Meat

I’ve actually never seen Mongolian chicken anywhere in China. It’s an American Chinese food in my mind, but it’s inauthenticity doesn’t make it any less delicious. It’s a deeply umami, slightly sweet, sleek and sticky lick-your-fingers flavor bomb as well as a textural journey of crunchy chicken mingling with tiny pops of green onion, effectively offset by a fluffy cloud of white rice. In the absence of a vegetable, this dish could be a bit cloying, which is why I upped the amount of ginger; it adds just the right amount of freshness so as not to detract from the well known flavor profile of this dish, but to just hum in the background as a way of harmonizing the other strong flavors.

Chewy Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies

January 27, 2021 in Gluten, Dessert, American Food, Vegetarian

It’s been raining in the Bay Area this week, and I just really needed some comfort food to get me through it. I made a trial batch of these cookies this past Sunday, ate every single one of them, and then made another batch last night, and ate every single one of them, so I’ve eaten about 60 cookies over the past 3 days and I’m a little strung out because the only other thing I’ve consumed is coffee, but I have no regrets.

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

August 09, 2020 in American Food, Dessert, Gluten, Vegetarian

The current political landscape just has me in a mood. Long story short, I made 30 cookies, ate them all at once, and washed them down with a full bottle of $5 wine from Costco. It did not help my outlook, but it did confirm that my chocolate chip cookie recipe is the best ever.

Ginger Blueberry Zucchini Muffcakes

August 06, 2019 in American Food, Dessert, Gluten, Vegetarian

K I know what you’re thinking. WTF is a muffcake? Well I made these zucchini bread muffins, but then topped them with cream cheese frosting, so they bear the resemblance of cupcakes… so… muffcakes?

Thanksgiving Stack

January 03, 2019 in American Food, Gluten, Meat

And I’m back! After a few crazy months in Taiwan and all over the US, I am back in California and ready to ruin your New Years diets. I don’t have a kitchen, so I’ll be posting recipes for some old Instagram posts until I’m able to be a fully functioning cook in my own home. In that vain, this post will have the recipe to the Thanksgiving Stack I made, well, for Thanksgiving, about a million years (one month) ago.