• Spicy, buttery rearranged cheese biscuits

    Apparently I’ve been on hiatus.   I popped by here yesterday to update my plug-ins and noticed I hadn’t done anything in two whole months. You’d think I was starving to death or something. Which I was, for a while.…

  • Made in Jiānádà: Lanzhou Lāmiàn (broth!)

    This is part 2 in my noodle series. Part 1 (the hand pulled noodles) is here. This is quite possibly the best broth in the whole universe. Except, perhaps, for a fine Tom Yam with all the bark and twigs…

  • Made in Jiānádà: Garlicky Chinese cucumber salad

    Er, hello. It’s been a while. You may remember me as the person who used Xinjiang noodle dough to make pretty much everything. I’ve been, one might say, busy. I got a new job about two months ago. I can’t…

  • Awesome Slow-Cooker Spicy Shredded Beef Tacos

    I’ve been meaning to do a taco post for ages. It’s one of our dinner staples here these days. I’ve made beef tacos that were browned in the wok, then marinated in the jus from the de-glazing, sliced thinly and…