Yu Bo and his wife, Dai Shuang, gained international fame with their restaurant Yu’s Family Kitchen in Chengdu, China; ⁠consuming the painstakingly crafted and beautiful 16 cold dishes that begin ...

What is mapo tofu? Always delicious but always a controversial dish: What kind of tofu to use? Pork or beef (or vegetarian)? Corn starch or not? The history is just as exciting, such as the origin of ...

J. Kenji López-Alt has written a new cookbook with handy tips, fascinating asides and some 200 dishes all related to the wok. One recipe in “The Wok” is for a version of mapo tofu that is similar to ...

Bowen Yang shares his mom's flavorful mapo tofu recipe, ready in just 35 minutes for a quick dinner. The dish features tofu, ground pork and ingredients like doubanjiang and Sichuan peppercorns.

Those last beautiful summer tomatoes are put to good use in Hetty Lui McKinnon’s take on the classic Sichuan dish. By Mia Leimkuhler Today we have for you: A mapo tofu recipe that makes good use of ...

In a recent state of ire about unfettered capitalism, I unsuccessfully rage-cooked a batch of mapo tofu — the intoxicating Sichuan dish of tofu and minced fatty meat suspended in thin, tingly spiced ...

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Bowen Yang's mapo tofu is a quick-to-make dish featuring firm tofu and ground pork in a spicy, savory sauce with Sichuan ...

Mapo Tofu is my favorite tofu dish. The sauce is meaty and savory; it clings to the tofu, rich with oyster sauce, bits of ground turkey and minced garlic. This version uses frozen peas and carrots, ...

In recent years, the trend in cookbook writing is to tell a restaurant’s story alongside the recipes that epitomize the cooking. The story of a place’s growth is, naturally, intricately linked to the ...