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zhajiangmian and jajangmyeon

September 14, 2016

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Like a lot of folks, I'm sure, B2 and I began as a fling.  We were summer associates (or, baby interns) at our future Manhattan law firms, about to head back to our last year of law school; I was about to spend half of it in Hong Kong, and he was staying in Boston, and we had no idea where we were headed as a couple (and, wait, were we a ...

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lotus paste and red bean mooncakes

September 2, 2014

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For as long as I can remember, the Mid-Autumn Festival has been one of my favorite holidays. It means it’s time for the best dessert known to me–mooncakes. I am obsessed with mooncakes. Dense and rich, with intensely sweet, velvety-smooth fillings and a vermilion salted yolk in the center, they’re so good that I used to wait all year for ...

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steamed buns, three ways

May 16, 2014

Back when I lived in Boston, I used to catch a bus to New York on weekends that let off at the corner of 34th and 8th. Just near there, squeezed between a Wendy’s and a Burger King, there was a tiny ...

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bbq pork pineapple buns, and happy news

March 31, 2014

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A few weeks ago, I posted some teeny pies with a dollop of vague, cryptic ...

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tea eggs

January 21, 2014

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Here’s what not to do when making tea eggs. Do not: 1. Go to law school, and in your first year, get really stressed and sleep-deprived, then decide to destress by making them in your communal kitchen that is down the ...

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shanghainese lion’s head meatballs

December 30, 2013

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Hi! I’m Cynthia

An avid eater and dabbling food-maker living in California with my husband, “Bowl #2,” and our baby bowls, Luke, Clara, and Fiona.

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