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May 12

Make It Yourself: Jiǎozi (the real deal)

For one of my first “Make It Yourself” posts, I began my education in dumpling making by learning how to successfully heat frozen ones up.  Today, I completed that education, by successfully making jiǎozi from scratch (save for the actual wrapp (read full article)

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Apr 12

Make It Yourself: A Wet Market Meal

I love Shanghai’s various wet markets.  My neighborhood, by Suzhou Creek, has an excellent and always lively one on Dongxin Lu.  There, I have a great selection of fresh – and more importantly, cheap – produce, meats (both cooked and uncooked (read full article)

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Mar 23

Make It Yourself: jiānbǐng

I love – and eat so many – jiānbǐng, that I thought I’d try my luck at recreating the Chinese breakfast crêpe.  Find my corresponding article at CNNGo.com (and check out their other articles, too – they’re pretty fantastic). Typical (read full article)

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Feb 19

Make It Yourself: Crispy Pork Belly

I will admit that we are straying a little bit from Shanghai cooking in this next Make It Yourself post, but this dish is well worth the dip South.  Crispy pork belly is a favorite street food from the Canton region.  It can be found in many Canto (read full article)

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Feb 15

Make It Yourself: Hún tún

During the Chinese New Year celebration, it is customary (especially in the North) to make and eat dumplings with friends and family.  While hún tún – wontons – are not the traditional dumpling made for the festivities, I decided to have a fri (read full article)

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Feb 11

Make It Yourself: Garlic Eggplant with Chili

This qiézi – eggplant –dish is kind of a compilation of a few different recipes.  Loosely based on Kylie Kwong’s Braised Eggplant Recipe, some of the ingredients differ, however to make it more like the street foods found here in Shanghai. (read full article)

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Jan 11

Make It Yourself (Kind Of): Dumplings!

While a section of this blog is dedicated to me finding the perfect dumpling in Shanghai, I am also determined to learn how to make them.  While I have not even come close to mastering the art of delicately folding and pinching their wrappers, I ha (read full article)

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Jan 07

Make It Yourself: liángcài

Dear Shanghai Foodist – I need a quick and relatively easy appetizer for a Chinese meal next week that will be transportable.  Any suggestions? – Rebecca Dear Reader, If you are needing something easily transportable, I do not suggest making a h (read full article)

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