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Sweets

Che bap topped with coconut sauce and toasted sesame seeds

Che bap (Vietnamese sweet corn, tapioca and coconut milk)

Che bap is often labeled a dessert pudding in the Western world, but it isn’t exactly that. In the …

Affogato with Kahlua

Affogato with Kahlua

Standard Italian affogato consists of a scoop of vanilla gelato drowned in a shot of espresso. …

Lemonsquares served with tea

Lemon squares

A pastry that consists of lemon curd baked over a shortbread crust. Mascarpone is added to the curd …

Food for the gods (butterscotch brownies with dates and nuts)

Food for the gods

Food for the gods is best described as butterscotch (or blondies) squares or bars baked with Medjool …

Cheesecake brownies

Cheesecake brownies

Two of my favorite desserts, combined. Sweet-salty cheesecake swirled between layers of fudge-y …

Banana and cheese spring rolls (turon)

Banana and cheese spring rolls (turon)

Still making turon with strips of langka (jackfruit)? Too cloying… try strips of cheese. Sweet and …

Banana bread (it's a cake) with cachew nuts and chocolate morsels

Banana bread with chocolate chips and nuts

Got overripe bananas? Mash them and bake them into this banana bread (it's really a cake) that’s …

Baked apple spring rolls with filling exposed

Baked apple spring rolls

If you love apple pie but don’t know the first thing about making a pie, here’s a delicious way to …

Tarte Tatin topped with whipped cream

Tarte Tatin (upside-down apple tart)

Easy. Scrumptious. Beautiful. Making tarte Tatin requires no special equipment. Just a frying pan …

Cookies and cream polvoron with crushed Oreos and cocoa powder

Cookies and cream polvoron

To the basic polvoron ingredients, crushed Oreo cookies and cocoa powder are added. Cookies and …

Almond polvoron (gluten-free)

Almond and pecan polvoron

Traditional Filipino polvoron is a pressed no-bake cookie made with toasted flour, powdered milk, …

Sweet potato cakes and tea

Sweet potato tea cakes

Inspired by the matcha bean cakes at Amei Tea House in Jiufen, Taiwan, we used orange and purple …

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Potatoes and green beans salad

Claypot mushroom curry rice

Claypot mushroom curry rice

Macaroni salad with ham and cheese, carrot, celery, crushed pineapple, pickle relish and mayo

Macaroni salad with ham and cheese

Crispy tofu skin fingers with spicy honey lemon ginger sauce

Crispy tofu skin fingers with spicy honey lemon ginger sauce

Chicken, tomatoes and thyme in olive oil, with pot of thyme in background

Chicken, tomatoes and thyme in olive oil

20-minute shrimp curry rice bowl

20-minute shrimp curry rice bowl

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