If you go into 5 different Taiwanese restaurants and ordered their Black Bean Noodle (called zha jiang mian in Mandarin), chances are you will receive 5 different variations of this one dish! The Black Bean Noodle recipe, like most other Chinese recipes, really depends on the restaurant or family and what their preferences are! Some places [...]
Profiteroles. As opposed to Cream Puffs which are filled with whipped cream and the occasional fruit, profiteroles are often filled with ice cream or pastry cream. I had some Earl Grey Pastry Cream left over from a previous baking project, and decided to use it as a filling for these profiteroles! These puffs are inspired [...]
Making pie crust can seem intimidating. I grew up watching Food Network and was so intimated by the way the chefs would speak of the pie dough and all the ways it could go wrong. It's too tough, it's under baked, its over worked, it could go on and on. Yet as intimidating as it [...]
Ever since I've discovered how to make earl grey pastry cream, I've been meaning to do a step-by-step photo post. I first came up with the recipe for this Earl Grey Pie for a Pi day wedding last year. I modeled the pie after Pie Hole's Earl Grey pie and the recipe has been adapted from Tartine [...]
It's October and once again, I'm asking myself where the time has gone. I've already been in school for over a month now and we've started preparing for midterms. Despite it, October is one of my favorite months. I'm currently in Southern California where it seems as if summer wants to extend her stay. To [...]
The Kitchen Harvest 