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Congee days and ramen nights

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Asian cold noodle salad

Symbolic food on Lunar New Year

Four ways to serve nian gao: dipped in egg and fried, coated with sesame seeds and fried, as spring roll filling, and steamed with desiccated coconut

Four ways to enjoy nian gao

Pork dumpling soup

Chinese dishes from my childhood

Connie Veneracion, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

Home cook and writer by passion, photographer by necessity, and good food, coffee and wine lover forever. I create, test and publish recipes for family meals, and write cooking tips and food stories. More about me and my umami blogs.

Tarte Tatin topped with whipped cream

Tarte Tatin (upside-down apple tart)

Cook time: 45 minutes minutes

Servings: 6 people

Phanaeng duck curry

Panang (phanaeng) duck curry

Cook time: 2 hours hours 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 people

Lemongrass and ginger salmon

Lemongrass and ginger salmon

Cook time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 1 person

Bacon spinach cream cheese macaroni

Bacon, spinach and cream cheese macaroni

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 3 people

Pita pocket stuffed with chicken, eggs, vegetables and cheese

Fully-loaded pita pocket

Cook time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 people

Skewered Spanish tortilla (potato and egg omelette)

Spanish tortilla

Cook time: 25 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 people

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