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Sweet · May 29, 2024

Sweet Corn Ice Cream

What does sweet corn ice cream taste like? Sweet corn ice cream tastes exactly like you would imagine: milk and corn. While this flavor may sound bizarre in the US, it’s popular across the world in countries like Mexico, Korea,…

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Sweet · May 6, 2024

Cantonese Milk Skin Pudding (雙皮奶)

This simple Cantonese milk skin pudding recipe requires just three ingredients: milk, sugar, and egg white. The result is a silky smooth, lightly sweet custard with a thin pudding skin. This pudding is closer in texture to French creme brulee…

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Sweet · April 29, 2024

Fresh Strawberry Milk (+ Strawberry Matcha Latte)

Strawberry milk is just 3 ingredients: strawberries, sugar, and milk. Most other recipes call for you to cook the strawberries with sugar and water, but I prefer this foolproof method since it requires no cooking. Simply combie strawberries with sugar…

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Sweet · April 22, 2024

Fishy Toffee Pudding (Tamarind-Date Cake with Fish Sauce Toffee)

Tamarind-date cake meets fish sauce toffee in this take on sticky toffee pudding. I’ve been finding ways to incorporate fish into desserts (see my recipe for Panna Cotta with Passionfruit and Anchovy Granola) and this fishy toffee pudding is a…

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Savory, Tinned Fish · April 19, 2024

Mackerel Lettuce Tomato Sandwich (MLT)

You’ve heard of the BLT, now get ready for the MLT— that’s mackerel lettuce tomato, baby! Bacon is salt-cured and (sometimes) smoked pork, so what if we give mackerel that same treatment? You end up with a delightfully smoky, savory,…

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Savory · April 16, 2024

Mussels in Soybean Butter Sauce

This simple yet elegant recipe for mussels comes together in just one pan with a rich, savory sauce made from shaoxing wine, mussel broth, yellow soybean paste, and butter. If you like miso soup or Korean soybean paste stew (doenjang-jjigae),…

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Tinned Fish Talk 🎣 King Salmon Cheeks from @wildfi Tinned Fish Talk 🎣 King Salmon Cheeks from @wildfishcannery 

King salmon cheeks are a cut you can’t get anywhere else in a can, it’s rare to even find at a fishmonger, much less a restaurant. Fish cheeks are rare because they are so small and labor-intensive to harvest. There’s only two per fish so you can imagine how much it takes to fill a single can.

The good news: this is one of the most uniquely pleasurable experiences I’ve had from a tin of fish. The bad news: there is a very limited quantity that sells out almost immediately each year (sorry!) For transparency, they sent me this tin ($44) but know i’ve been a continued customer and all opinions are my own.

I chose to warm up the unopened tin in hot water so the natural fat and collagen are even more luxurious—like a fatty, unctuous scallop. King salmon has a relatively mild flavor and richer texture compared to sockeye or coho. Wildfish Cannery is a one-of-a-kind operation here in North America with a tight-knit supply chain that hand-packs fish caught locally in Southeast Alaska. I hold a special respect for their culinary approach, the cannery is a direct opposition to the category’s commodity reputation.
2 weeks later, we have Sichuan larou! In the pre 2 weeks later, we have Sichuan larou! 

In the previous video, I cured pork belly in salt and spices for several days then set it outside to dry. I smoked it with apple wood pellets and cooked off a piece to taste.
How do you keep traditional foods alive? Sichuan How do you keep traditional foods alive?

Sichuan bacon season is back! Larou (Sichuan bacon) is a cured pork belly process similar to pancetta. It’s first seasoned with spices and salt in an equilibrium cure, hung outside to dehydrate, then (optionally) smoked. The earliest records of this wind-cured meat date back to the Zhou Dynasty roughly 3000 years ago. 

In Sichuan you can buy larou everywhere. In the US no one really makes it at scale. I grew up in the US making it with my family every winter season out of that necessity. Funny enough I’m the only one from my generation still carrying it on, and I’m the one farthest from home.
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