Recipes: Doing the rice thing
Asia's staple lends itself to so many dishes. Try our recipes for Vegetable Fried Rice, Thai Curry Prawns and Tuna Nigiri Sushi.
Chao Ca Vietnamese fish porridge
Ever tried cooking with a whole fish? Chao ca is a flavorful and nourishing fish stew.
Ed Shoenfeld's Schmaltzy Chicken Fried Rice
A technique that I particularly relish is creating onion-flavored oil and using it as an underlying flavor base in my cooking. For this recipe, I suggest roasting a chicken on a bed of onions that flavor the rendered chicken fat.
How to cook perfect egg fried rice
What do you like to put in your fried rice, or will you be celebrating Chinese new year with something a little more sophisticated? • Live chat: Ken Hom will be live online at 12pm GMT to answer your questions on Chinese cookery There's something suspicious about egg fried rice. Like garlic naan, or sausage pasta bake, it seems too perfectly tailored to British tastes to have ever seen the light ...
The vegetarian plate
What is it about cooking for vegetarians that stumps so many carnivores? Even those who make a sublime split pea soup or divine dal curry suddenly feel compelled to reach for the safety of Boca burgers. Truth is, vegetarians and omnivores can dine happily together, on the same glorious feast.
Bubble, bubble: Hot pots, the cook-your-own classic, debut at 168 Cafe Chinese Restaurant
Fish tofu is about to be cooked in the simmering broth of a hot pot. 168 Cafe Chinese Restaurant offers more than three dozen items for customers to cook at table.
First look at Fojol Bros.’ Volathai truck
The colorful, slightly off-kilter crew behind the Fojol Bros . rolling caravan of curbside comestibles — hey, just trying to get into the spirit here! — recently launched its third truck. Like the previous two (the original Merlindia, with its Indian dishes, and Benethiopia, with its Ethiopian offerings), the Volathai truck looks across the oceans for culinary inspiration. Read full article >>
Vegetarian feast for the holidays
When cooking for guests who include vegetarians, go for the wow factor with a dish like coconut-vegetable curry.
Rice sure is nice, but quinoa is even better
Thanks to protein-heavy and low-carb diets, the awareness of carbohydrate levels is very prevalent in our society. However, starches are making their way back to our dinner tables.