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Rice cakes are the staple dessert in many Asian cultures. The Japanese have mochi, the Chinese nian gao, and the Koreans tteok. Rice cakes are delicious because they’re not cloyingly sweet, the way many Western desserts are, and they have a wonderfully chewy texture. There are so many different types of tteok in Korean culture. [...]

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Who knew there was such confusion about that Asian food in which vegetables and meat are wrapped in a skin and deep fried until they’re crispy and delicious? Are they egg rolls? Are they spring rolls? Wikipedia and various other websites I consulted all had conflicting information. At any rate, these rolls are delicious. And [...]

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Last week for my birthday, my hubby surprised me with a very large wrapped gift from Williams-Sonoma! I’d recognize that cream colored, diamond-patterned wrapping paper, thick green grosgrain ribbon and pineapple tartlette mold anywhere. Needless to say, I was very excited to open it…it was an All-Clad electric skillet! But more than the gift itself, [...]

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