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Like teriyaki BBQ chicken, teriyaki BBQ pork is fast and easy. It does take a [...]
Chinese cooking often involves a lot of flour and dough work and Mom excels at [...]
Cooking long rice in a stir fry can be tricky. The noodles can clump together [...]
You normally wouldn’t think to add potatoes to a stir fry, but if you can [...]
A friend gave my brother a humongous bag of pinto beans so he decided to [...]
Squid is not the first thing people stock up on at the grocery stores, but [...]
It’s sometimes a chore to get people to eat dark green vegetables, so Mom has [...]
The steps for this recipe is similar to mabo tofu: put in all your ingredients, [...]
Fishcake keeps very well in the freezer and Mom always has several of them on [...]
Teriyaki chicken can be found at almost any plate lunch restaurant in Hawaii. It’s usually [...]
We had a whole bag of frozen Pacific cod in the freezer so Mom brought [...]
We have a lot of papaya trees in our yard. Mom always makes sure we [...]
Fried saimin is a fried noodle dish that you’ll only see in Hawaii. Saimin usually [...]
Mom’s Thai friend brought over some deep-fried pork jerky that she made and we loved [...]
Mom received some beautiful young squash from a friend that she decided to use in [...]
Chicken katsu is originally a dish from Japan, but it’s also commonly found in local [...]
This is hands down my #1 favorite traditional Chinese dish. My Mom would make this [...]
Baozi (or bao) is just one of the many traditional dishes that I grew up [...]
Roast pork butt is one of the easiest things to cook ever. It’s literally salt [...]
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Mom reserves cabbage kimchee for those days when we’re totally out of kimchee and she [...]
Dad has been into Korean dramas for the past few years and he’s catching on [...]
If you’re in the mood for a cheap, tasty, and refreshing salad, give this pickled [...]
Mom takes Japanese tsukemono up a notch by adding some spicy sichuan peppers to the [...]
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Every year our starfruit tree in our front yard drops a ridiculous amount of fruit. [...]
It’s been raining a lot here in Hawaii, which means the farm has been exploding [...]
Pickled daikon leaves is one of my Dad’s favorite toppings on his rice. It’s a [...]
Every kid in Hawaii looks forward to pickled mangos in the summer! It’s hard to [...]
Shoyu pork and eggs is an easy dish that cooks a lot of food with [...]
Among Japanese families in Hawaii, you’ll often find nishime being served at a New Year’s [...]
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