Caramel Sauce is Key
A Fusion Note with Pancetta
Clay Pots
The strong, intense bittersweet Caramel Sauce is the key to this dish. This version,adapted from Nguyen Tran of Dallas, uses Pancetta instead of Pork Belly.
Clay Pot cooking is one of the favored techniques of Continue reading
Everyone’s Favorite Cookie
Baking Powder
Or at any rate, everyone’s favorite Chinese cookie, or so it seems. These are popular desserts at Chinese restaurants and sell well at Chinese bakeries. They are also Continue reading
A True Fusion Bevereage
Perfect on a Hot Day
“I’m Thai, but my husband is Vietnamese, so he has to have his Vietnamese, or French-style Coffee.”–Overheard at an Asian Supermarket in Chicago
Vietnamese-style Iced Coffee has to be a true Fusion dish, incorporating as it does, both Milk and Coffee, neither of which were native to Indo-China before the arrival of the French. Continue reading