Turkey Pot Pies with Bacon, Caramelized Onions + Butternut Squash

These little turkey pot pies are the perfect recipe for fall. They’re basically the food equivalent of jumping in a pile of leaves while wearing an oversized sweater and plaid flannel scarf. It’s no secret that I have a fondness for pot pie… well, all pie, really. My classic chicken pot pie is a tried …

Shumai

Shumai, literally translated as to cook and sell, is a staple of dim sum cuisine consisting of an open-topped dumpling filled with steamed ground pork, and sometimes finely chopped shrimp or Chinese black mushrooms. When it’s cooked, shumai is often garnished with a single pea, a fish egg, or a small piece of carrot on …

Zhajiangmian

Zhajiangmian is a Shandong specialt, consisting of wheat noodles in soybean sauce and vegetables such as summer radish and sliced cucumbers. The sauce is usually made by cooking ground pork or beef in combination with fermented soybean paste. There is also a vegetarian version of the dish that substitutes the meat with smoked tofu in …

Mapo doufu

Sichuan in origin, mapo doufu consists of tofu cubes settled in a spicy sauce containing minced meat, traditionally beef or pork, and fermented black beans known as douchi. The dish is said to have been invented in a small restaurant called Chen Xingsheng in Chengdu back in 1862, while the name of the dish comes from the lady cook …