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Sukiyaki, 1971
From 1971, here's a straightforward recipe for Japanese sukiyaki, for the American home cook. 🥩 🥬 🥜 🧅 🍲 🇯🇵 ©️ Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan, 1971. Published in the United States and Canada by BOBLEY PUBLISHING, a division of Illustrated World Encyclopedia, Inc. Printed in Japan. SUKIYAKI Ingredients: ½ pound spinach 8 leeks, white parts only 2 onions ½ cup mushrooms celery stalks 10 ounces bamboo shoots 1 pound 5 ounces slightly marbled beefsteak 3 tablespoons peanut oi

Brian Theis
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Chinese Restaurant Almond Cookies
First time on the internet! From "The Infinite Feast: How to Host the Ones You Love—Recipes from the Big Easy . . . and Beyond" by Brian Theis, 2020 Click here for more on my best-selling cookbook! Chinese Restaurant Almond Cookies Makes 30 cookies 2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup lard or shortening, room temperature, in 1/2-inch pieces 1 large egg 1 teaspoon almond extract 30 whole toasted almonds 1 egg white

Brian Theis
Feb 161 min read


Movie Night: The Graduate
Well here's to you, Mrs. Robinson . . . Here's the first Movie Night "Classic Film and Recipes Pairing" for my Premium Subscribers. We...

Brian Theis
Sep 30, 20252 min read


Living Light Sweet and Sour Chicken
Without losing the familiar appeal of a sweet and sour dish, this summertime crowd-pleaser goes a lot lighter on the take-out sugar and...

Brian Theis
Jul 30, 20252 min read


Chinese Roast Pork with Bean Sprouts
From "Enjoy Chinese Cooking at Home," Richard Wong, 1949. 🇨🇳 🥘 🐷 🥡🥢 Roast pork recipe follows this. "Gourmet powder" is the same as...

Brian Theis
Mar 13, 20251 min read


Orange Dragon Dip with Creepy Crudités
It's "what do I do with all this leftover pumpkin?" season! Here's one answer: my Orange Dragon (Asian Pumpkin) dip with Creepy Crudités!...

Brian Theis
Oct 23, 20241 min read


Paula Prentiss' Chicken Sweet and Sour
Paula Prentiss is best known for her film roles in Where the Boys Are (1960), What's New Pussycat? (1965), Catch-22 (1970), and The...

Brian Theis
Aug 18, 20242 min read


Japanese Sukiyaki, 1963
Japanese Sukiyaki, from Better Homes & Gardens' Meals with a Foreign Flair, 1963.

Brian Theis
Apr 18, 20242 min read


Hot and Sour Soup
Warm, pleasantly pungent, and waistline-friendly, this classic Chinese soup is also very satisfying as a main.

Brian Theis
Apr 18, 20242 min read


Cutco Cook Book 1961
All things meat, from the nice folks at Cutco. Carin' for your meat. A whole lotta braisin' goin' on. Crown roast? Don't mind if I do. 👑...

Brian Theis
Oct 4, 20231 min read


Chicken Andouille Chop Suey
If a Louisiana chicken andouille gumbo and Chinese-American chop suey had a baby. This is a subgum-style, vegetable-rich chop suey, which...

Brian Theis
Aug 23, 20232 min read


Chinese Crispy Peanut Candy
One of my very favorite things! I discovered this crowd-pleasing crispy peanut candy in New York City's Chinatown and now I order it...

Brian Theis
May 12, 20231 min read


Paradise Almond Chicken
Presenting . . . my Paradise Almond Chicken. A highlight of the Chinese New Year chapter of The Infinite Feast cookbook, it’s one of my...

Brian Theis
Aug 3, 20221 min read


How To Have a Luau Indoors
This one is a treasure of my collection. Not even a proper cookbook-let, I've always adored this beautifully designed advertising recipe...

Brian Theis
Jun 9, 20221 min read


Hawaiian Party Book!
Aloha! Time for a luau! We got Hawaiian vocabulary, menus, decorations, cocktails!, appetizers, salads, even Chinese dishes! Here's a...

Brian Theis
Jun 3, 20211 min read


New Kam Man Supermarket, Chinatown
At 200 Canal Street between Mulberry and Mott is one of my favorite stores in town. It is funky and skunky and oh so junky and I LOVE it...

Brian Theis
Mar 2, 20211 min read


How to Peel Ginger
A demo on "how to peel ginger" recently won a poll I conducted on Facebook for the hack people wanted to learn most. And now you can too,...

Brian Theis
Mar 2, 20211 min read


The Chinese Party Cookbook, 1973
The Chinese Party Cookbook: 42 Recipes and Tips in Full Color , by Constance D. Chang Let's get this party started! Ms. Chang shows you how it's done, in, as she says, "one of the most authentic cookbooks ever published." Terrific photos too. Behold the festive cover. 🇨🇳 💚 🐓 🌿 🍚 🐲 🥕 🐄 🍉 ☕️ 🦞 🇨🇳 What did the cup of tea say to the other cup of tea during their conversation? You talk for oolong. (Sorry.) Now that's art. I'm ready to try this. A-tisket, a-tasket, I

Brian Theis
Feb 4, 20211 min read


Festive Foods For Family Fun, 1966
Festive Foods For Family Fun: Fun to Fix and Fun to Feast, Wisconsin Gas Company, 1966 For Finer Family Living . . . Gas Makes the Big...

Brian Theis
Jan 28, 20211 min read


Festive Foods for Four Seasons
Festive Foods for Four Seasons, Milwaukee Gas Light Company, 1964 It IS a festive little cookbooklet. What it really has going for it are...

Brian Theis
Jan 6, 20211 min read
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