Ever since receiving a food processor for Christmas, I’ve been whipping up all sorts of new nut butters for my family to try. Since my parents are in love with anything black sesame, I decided to make some roasted black sesame tahini. This stuff is delicious. It’s slightly bitter, savory and with the addition of [...]
One of my favorite Taiwanese confections are 杏仁餅 (almond chess cookies; or, as I like to call it, almond-flavored crack), a sort of marzipan-flavored candy with a crumbly, sandy, shortbread texture. They’re slightly sweet, buttery, with a salty backnote, and pair perfectly with a nice cup of hot tea. However, it’s hard to find these [...]
Taiwanese breakfasts have always fascinated me. As a Taiwanese-American born and raised in the US, I grew up eating stuff that most of my other classmates probably ate for breakfast: sugary cereals, poptarts, toast with peanut butter or jelly and the like. Once in a while though, my parents would take my sister and me [...]