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Ringing in Tết with Crispy Crab & Avocado Wontons
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới!! That’s right, dear friends! It’s Tết – the Lunar New Year! I have to admit, I just barely finished scrubbing down my home yesterday. As I’ve shared before, one of the rituals...
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Pork & Shrimp Gyoza and Our Kid Chefs
One of the neatest things about our family dinners is seeing how accomplished my neices have become in the kitchen. We got them involved quite young with baking, creating their own pizzas, and so...
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Pan-Fried Ginger Chicken Dumplings – Happy Lunar New Year!
Today marks the first day of Tết {Vietnamese Lunar New Year} – so allow me to say Chúc Mừng Năm Mới!! Like the good Vietnamese gal I am, I’ve spent the past several days cleaning up the house, running...
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Sui Gao Noodle Soup – Happy Birthday Dad!
Our family is filled with lots of May babies—-Mom, cousie, sis-in-law, yours truly….and today is DAD’S BIRTHDAY!!! Dad’s family is originally from the Đà Nẵng and Huế area of Việt Nam—which in my...
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Homemade Soup Dumplings & Tonkotsu Ramen–Because We’re Insane…
It’s been two weeks since Thanksgiving and I think I’ve finally recovered from the madness. Just in time for 15 full days of holiday craziness with my family. Pray for me. At the close of Thanksgiving...
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Fam Din for the Best of Buds-Birthday Boys!
Before I jump in, I must admit that my hiatus from posting was due to my endless birthday celebrations. Yes, I realize my birthday was in May but it was a big milestone and I REALLY...
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Seafood with Chinese Chive Dumplings
Remember these beauties? They were one of the gajillion dumplings I had made for my Lucasaurus’ bday Fam Din. It’s only fitting. He’s one of the generals in my Dumpling Army after all. Since the other...
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Steamed Crab Dumplings – Happy Lunar New Year!
Hello Peeps! I’m taking a quick break from the Fam Din recaps (told ya’ I would be making up for lost time!) to say Chúc Mừng Năm Mới!!! Yes, it’s that time again…. Tết – the Vietnamese Lunar New...
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Pork and Shiitake Mushroom Dumplings
There was a moment the other week when I stopped and said to myself, “Do you have a dumplings problem?” I mean…sure, it was when I was elbow deep in folding about 100 dumplings. But then I quickly...
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May the Fam Din Be with You!
HOLY COW! It’s been a HOT MINUTE since I’ve last posted and boy–do I have a lot to catch you up on! Since my last post, we’ve had four family dinners, a TON of kitchen experiments and foodventures, a...
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Shrimp and Tofu Dumplings … Functional while Deliciously Cute
Dumplings. Potstickers. Wontons. Gyozas. Mandu. I love them all. And the Fam sure does too. Dumplings have made their appearance at a few of our Family Dinners before and I happily oblige to make them...
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