The Most Beautiful Dumpling in the Entire World
March 29, 2004
This is an image of what I consider to be the most beautiful dumpling that I ever have seen. It was also rather delicious, and the texture was... curious.
Steamed rice gluten, chopped spinach interior with egg and spring onion.
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Dumpling Array
A dazzling array of dumplings!
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Sparkling Dumplings
This image shows what a little tapioca can do to an ordinary steamed bun.
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Dumplings
Egg dumplings
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Porridges and Fruit Soup
March 28, 2004
From Top Left; millet porridge, black and white rice porridge with red dates, sweet adzuki bean porridge
From Bottom Left; wonton soup, je ne sais quoi, fruit soup with plums, lychee and some prickly sweet fruit not mentioned in Jane Grigson's Fruit book.
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Attempt #1: Learning to Love Stinky Tofu
March 27, 2004
The Chinese call it 'Stinky Tofu'. And they're not lying. It's aged tofu that many a left coast university student has inadvertently made by just leaving the tofu to its own devices.
Eating Stinky Tofu requires acquiring an acquired taste. Every image of this food in my Chinese Food point-it will represent an attempt to acquire a love for this dish.
Please read more... "Attempt #1: Learning to Love Stinky Tofu"
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Eggs and Pears
March 26, 2004
From left-to-right; tea eggs, roasted pear, salted duck eggs and roasted yam.
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Duck Entier en plastique
March 25, 2004
Duck under plastic wrap at a food-court style restaurant in Nanjing, PRC
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Juice fasting, Soup fasting
March 20, 2004
In preparation of my trip to PRChina I am fasting this week. Liquids only� primarily fruit and vegetable juices, but also broths and froths. It is exciting to present myself with the opportunity of creating new juice and soup recipes as well doing a survey on rice, soy, and barley 'milks'. I had never fasted during the winter and this gives me the opportunity to focus on developing satisfying and warming liquid foods of culinary interest.
Enoki mushroom and roasted garlic broth:
Please read more... "Juice fasting, Soup fasting"
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OOZ: Recipes for Geese and People
March 02, 2004
(originally from a pre-culiblog entry on September 13, 2003)
00Z. That's zoo spelled backwards, sort of. Natalie Jeremijenko has asked me to be the culinary artistic director of her 00ze project - bat bars and goose-steraunts. Animals and humans come into more competitve contact in a situation in which they actually share the same menu.
The Goosesteraunt is gearing up for a November gig. I have been experimenting and so far there is high-res documentation and 24 distinct recipes. Invite yourself over if you're interested in a taste-testing session. Recipe testers needed.
'Mock Larva' Dumplings
(description: rice flour dumplings. Looks like larva)
- Watercress dumpling
- Seeds (black seeds) dumpling
- Sea coral (nl. zeekraal) dumpling
- Seed and sea coral 'worm-cigar' dumpling
Please read more... "OOZ: Recipes for Geese and People"
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