New Year’s Food

When I was a kid, I was the queen of New Year's resolutions. I remember proudly proclaiming my goals to my family and writing them on post-it notes in my best handwriting, then taping the notes to my bedroom wall so I could admire how diligent I'd been in following them come December. (In truth, …

Hanukkah Food

Happy Hanukkah, everyone! I was very inexperienced with Jewish food until a few years ago, until my family stumbled upon a treasure of a restaurant called Deli News in Richardson. There, I had my first blintzes, knishes, kreplach, and more, and I guess you could say I fell in love. Deli News is still one …

Tea Time!

When I was about five years old, my parents gave me a toy tea set for my birthday. Dainty and ceramic and plastered with an adorable baby-pink plaid, it captured my little heart the moment I laid eyes on it. Over the years I held tea parties for my grandparents, my stuffed animals, and my …

Dumplings

If you ask me about my mom's Chinese home cooking, one food jumps to my mind: dumplings. I remember trying to fold the wrappers with her as a kid and invariably letting the half the filling spill out. I'd also insist on making a few "meatless dumplings" for myself while I was at it (aka …

{Recipe!} Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday

It is now less than a week after Fat Tuesday, and Christians everywhere are lamenting the beginnings of Lent, a 40-day period involving fasting or abstaining from certain luxuries. Of course, most of my Christian friends have deciphered the ins and outs of getting through Lent in one piece (hint: NEVER give up chocolate), but …