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Ringing in the New Year is a time for resolutions and self-improvement. Read more
Ringing in the New Year is a time for resolutions and self-improvement. Read more
Here’s a refreshing Hong Kong-style dessert that’s served like a soup, made with chewy tapioca pearls and loaded with fresh fruit. Read more
When my daughter, Jenny, was young, I would think of different ways to encourage her to eat vegetables. Read more
International Market Place is celebrating the popular Japanese shopping event, fukubukuro, on both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. Read more
A great finger-food option for a New Year’s party would be these cute “pearls” covered in sticky rice. Read more
Snappy and light yet sturdy, these Finnish gingerbread cutouts deliver the happiness of the holiday season. Read more
Indigenous to North America, pecans had been a staple of Native American cooking for millenniums before European settlers arrived. Read more
Cranberry-and-orange relish is a classic, but here, a whole lemon — pith and all — acts as the bitter, acerbic edge that your holiday feast needs. Read more
When gingerbread biscotti is dipped in coffee, it adds spice and sweetness, its chocolate coating softening the bitterness. Read more
This main course is a baked pasta with two kinds of cruciferous vegetables, cauliflower and broccoli raab. Read more
Cooking duck at home is a classic example of when my quest for perfection undermines the “tasty enough.” Read more
If you think you don’t like green bean casserole, withhold judgment until you’ve tried this entirely-from-scratch version. Read more
The traditional sandwich is an indulgent French toast. It’s also almost too much to eat. Making it into a pancake makes it a more suitable size so you don’t get full on the bread. Read more
Capture the spirit of the season with these intensely chocolaty disks crowned with crushed peppermints. Read more
There’s no reason we can’t treat sweet potatoes like regular potatoes — mashed with butter, cream, roasted garlic and lots of salt. Read more
Perfume the house and decorate the table with this whimsical wreath made of buttery, sweet cinnamon rolls. Read more
This basic vegetarian stir-fry can be made with any combination of vegetables; this mix is especially festive with its mix of colors. Read more
Combine fresh and dried ginger with cinnamon, nutmeg and lots of black pepper to create these festive treats. Read more
A complex combination of fennel seeds, anise, clove, cinnamon and Sichuan peppercorns, five-spice powder is a crucial ingredient in the Chinese pantry that also happens to be deeply versatile. Read more
This one-skillet, vegetarian potpie trades the traditional chicken filling for creamy, garlicky greens. Hearty greens turn silky in a mixture of heavy cream, garlic, shallot, thyme and Parmesan under a lid of flaky puff pastry. Read more
This recipe is from the newly published Yum Yum Cha, Let’s Eat Dim Sum in Hawaii by Muriel Miura and yours truly. Read more
