Food

Kimchi seafood pot mixes Korean, Italian cuisine

Like my recipes for Kimchi Bolognese and Kimchi Mac and Beef, this dish from my cookbook "Hand Taste: Cook Like a Korean Grandmother" is part of my Korean Italian American repertoire. And out of them all, this Kimchi Seafood Pot is my mom's favorite. I made it for her once just for fun, and ...

Dark beer opens up classic Ukrainian pork dish

Traditionally, Ukrainians used kvass (a low-alcohol fermented drink) for cooking. For example, when making vereshchaka — a pork stew — the pork is braised in beet-based or bread-based kvass. Since finding kvass outside of Ukraine can be a little challenging (and making your own takes some ...

Betty Liu’s Sesame-Cumin Chicken is double-fried for flavor and crispiness

Deep-fry (zhà), a well-known technique where the food is fried in a pool of hot oil, which both cooks it and creates a crispy exterior, is used throughout the "Frying" chapter in my cookbook "The Chinese Way." When deep-frying, I use a thermometer, aiming for 350°F to 375°F. Another way to ...