Stinky Tofu Century Egg Meatballs with Kaya Coconut Jam
Try this unconventional Stinky Tofu Century Egg Meatballs with Kaya Coconut Jam dipping sauce. When east meets west and fall in...
Pineapple Asian Spiced Pork Ribs
Pineapple Asian Spiced Pork Ribs combines the sweetness of the pineapple with the pungency of the spices. Meat falls off...
Italian-Chinese Fusion Shrimp Dumplings
Italian-Chinese Fusion Shrimp Dumplings. That's how I welcome the year of the...
Green Tea Cookies (Matcha)
A good friend of mine brought me a bag of high quality matcha powder from Japan. It’s a dark green, smell divine type of green...
Chinese Dumplings: radicchio, beef and mint!
There cannot be Chinese New Year celebration with out the famous and tasty “jiaozi“, dumplings! This year I made them with Italian radicchio, ground beef,...
Happy Chinese New Year!
We are getting ready here in China to welcome the year of the Goat! Shanghai is empty, and the few people left are all home...
Pork Stir-fry with asparagus and snow peas and COOKING CONTEST! – The winner!
I am happy to announce the winner of our Cooking Contest. Teoman Alemdar, with his Tender Mint Pork Loin with Vegetable Bulgar Rice and Sauteed Cherry Tomatoes. Such a Mediterranean and healthy dish! He sent me the...
Cream Scones and Asian Red Bean Paste Scones
First time I had scones in my life was during my first summer English camp in London when I was 13. That was love at...
Pork and Amarena Chinese Dumplings
I know I should be the last person to show others how to make Chinese food. I am, in any possible way, an expert on...
Tofu Spaghetti with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Salmon
Growing up in the sun soaked coast of the south of Italy, sun-dried food has been a common ingredient in my family’s cooking. Sun-dried fruits,...
Some of my favorites!
Today, because I’ve finally taken a whole weekend off with – almost – no cooking, because I ate 3 cakes in 3 days, and I...
Cinnamon-Honey Tofu
I made this tofu before leaving for Italy and I completely forgot to post it here. Why does this happen to me so often?… I...
Asian Peanut Noodles
Today because I’m in Italy because yesterday night I had an amazing sea salt bass baked in salt crust because it’s 5 am and I’m...
Spicy Stir-fry Tofu
I love tofu, it’s easy tasty quick to cook and it makes me feel a bit Asian… When I was still with my ex, I...
Baked Tofu
Since I moved to China, almost 5 years ago (oh gosh time flies), I’ve been enjoyed eating tofu. Soy is known to be a great...
Sesame Chicken Noodle Soup
You might wonder what happened to the Halloween recipes I promise I would share with you in my previous post…well, it happened that I got...
Asian Beef Noodles
Recently I’ve been waking up in the morning without being sure weather the night before I dreamed in English, Chinese or Italian…It’s a weird feeling,...
Boyfriend’s breakfast = My lunch
My boyfriend and I have very different ideas regarding breakfast…well, I’d better say that my bf has weird taste about what he likes to eat...
Cooking with 又又：Chinese Dumplings
My Chinese friend 孙双came visiting. I met her back in 2005 in Beijing when I was doing an internship at the Italian Embassy, I was...
Tofu alla Debbie
Rainy Tuesday… Let’s cheer up with Tofu! This is the best tofu I have ever had! I learned it from my bf’s mom (she is...
Ginger Snow Peas
I went Xmas shopping today! Yes I did… I went to the SCIS Holiday Bazaar in Hongqiao and I’ve got some really amazing stuff! Among...
Cabbage alla Debbie
Debbie is my bf’s lovely mom Here she is! This picture was taken during my first visit in SF, about 2 and a half years...
Chinese Fried Rice
Fried Rice is one of those dishes people make in China to get rid of left over of steamed rice, if they want something quick...
Asian Style Chicken
I need to sleep! Yesterday night I was invited to this Food and Drink award party organized by That’s Shanghai with open bar…I didn’t drink...
Asian Sesame Noodles
I might have spent too much time in China, but I’ve started enjoying the flavor of sesame oil. I am experimenting a lot of new...
Jiaozi (Chinese Dumplings)
I did it! Yesterday I tried for the first time to prepare Jiaozi. I have to admit I am a Jiaozi lover! They are definitely...
