Recipes / Appetizers & Snacks

Making this thin and crispy chickpea flour pancake scented with rosemary is ridiculously simple and the results immensely satisfying. All you need is water, chickpea flour, olive oil, and seasoning. The secret is finishing in a 500ºF oven, which leaves the outside lacy and inside on the verge of creamy and cakey.

Gung hay fat choy, we wish you prosperity this Dragon Year. Please enjoy reading and/or making this tasty dumpling recipe and find out why we make dumplings for the Spring Festival.

Crunchy, cheesy, and immensely satisfying! Might warm olive oil gougères with a Mornay Duxelles filling make your short list for New Year's Eve hors d'oeuvres?

"These nuts have a beguiling texture and an irresistible gloss of caramelized salt and sugar that make them almost universal favorites. These are not the heavily candied walnuts one finds in Hunanese restaurants. Rather, they are refined, elegant sweetmeats, just perfect for greeting guests. You may soak and dry the nuts days in advance, but to serve them warm and freshly caramelized is the ultimate seduction." - Barbara Tropp, 1982