Curry powder shortcuts savory beef skewers
By CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Across Southeast Asia, sidewalk hawkers offer sizzling meat skewers bathed in the smoky aroma of smoldering wood coals and a seemingly endless...
View ArticleRice pizza, noodle ices: Food shows Japan’s punk rock soul
Countries’ foods are also windows on their souls.
View ArticleSmooth like butter: Link between Korean American foods, culture—Celebrating...
In a packed home kitchen, the sounds of sizzling pajeon (scallion pancake) and the smell of doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew) fill the house.
View ArticleRecipe: Load up steak bánh mì with contrasting textures
Coffee, butter, roasting and beef are all French legacies, even if the coffee comes loaded with sweetened condensed milk and the beef is stir-fried with soy and fish sauces.
View ArticleHave a dosa, and 55 recipes for them
By HARMONY BIRCH The Brattleboro Reformer BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — The almost crepe-like fermented dough is a staple food all across South India, but it remains largely unknown throughout the West. Leda...
View ArticleChefs without Borders
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly In the midst of the political turmoil taking place in the United States right now, one local Iranian group has kicked off a month-long celebration of their culture...
View ArticleHealthy, homemade Indian food made easy
By Lyndsey Brollini NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY Mitra Raman grew up drinking buttermilk, or chaas, all the time as a child, which she described as being similar to liquefied yogurt. “First thing I ate was...
View ArticleFavorite Asian-inspired holiday dishes
By Nina Huang Northwest Asian Weekly The holidays have usually been a time where people reflect on their year, give thanks for those who have impacted their lives, and gather together over a delicious,...
View ArticleNew hope for endangered eels, Japanese delicacy
By SHERRY ZHENG Associated Press FUJISAWA, Japan (AP) — The Japanese delicacy of roasted eel, braised with a tangy sauce and sprinkled with prickly mountain pepper, is in question as the creatures with...
View ArticleSever egg rolls from the restaurant by making these at home
By SARA MOULTON Associated Press Who doesn’t love an egg roll? For generations it’s been Chinese cuisine’s No. 1 hit in America. And why not? They’re ubiquitous, they’re fried, they’re delicious, and...
View ArticleScratch the itch of Asian takeout craving with Kung Pao Cod
By MELISSA D’ARABIAN Associated Press With the coming new year means the popular resolution to improve one’s health. And eating healthy doesn’t mean there isn’t room for occasional treats like Chinese...
View ArticleMichelin star boosts chef at outdoor Thai kitchen to stardom
By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — After spending more than three decades cooking in an unassuming outdoor kitchen, a wok-wielding, goggles-wearing Thai chef has been propelled to...
View ArticleChic liquid nitro ice cream boutique to expand
By Tiffany Ran Northwest Asian Weekly Bellevue’s Fog Rose Ice Cream Boutique is the closest one can come to eating fresh churned ice cream. That is because each flavor is spun with liquid nitrogen,...
View Article10 Vietnamese street foods you’ve probably never heard of
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly When I travel to Việt Nam, the number one highlight for me is not even seeing family — it’s being able to sample dishes and food that I cannot get here in...
View ArticleFebruary is American Heart Month: Eat to lower blood pressure
As a nutritionist at International Community Health Services (ICHS), a nonprofit health center, I see first-hand how a healthy diet can help avoid, delay, or reduce the need for medication for many...
View ArticlePut down that takeout menu: Stir-fry basics for home cooks
By KATIE WORKMAN Associated Press For every home cook happily tossing together a stir fry at home, there are a dozen would-be stir fryers wanting to make chicken-broccoli-sugar-snap-pea stir fry, and...
View ArticleRed, white, and Ox
This Year of the Ox, around Spring Festival, my father would have been 100 years old. Beer or whiskey.
View ArticleSeasons Eatings
From sticky rice to delicious desserts, Northwest Asian Weekly staff members shared what they and their family like to eat during the holidays.
View ArticleHong Kong emigres seek milk tea in craving for taste of home
In London, Wong Wai-yi misses the taste of home. A year ago, the 31-year-old musician was in Hong Kong, earning a good living composing for TV and movies and teaching piano.
View ArticleLooking for a place to eat on Christmas and New Year’s Day? — Chinatown...
Peking duck, Chinese-style steak, and Vietnamese sugarcane shrimp may be your best bet on Christmas Day as most restaurants will be closed. But not in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID).
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