Seriously, never tell anyone I told you this, but you can make a surprisngly nice dipping sauce for dim sum - or any other asian dumplingy thing - by combinging equal parts soy sauce and coca-cola and adding powdered ginger to taste.
This is not about fancy food; not high style or technology-dependent. This is good food you can feed your friends and family, using hand tools and basic ingredients.
When you're far from home, you can't get fast food. You can't get convenience food. If you want something, you make it, using whatever ingredients you can get locally. I am finally getting good at cooking this way. These are my recipes and techniques.
I've been living overseas for the last decade or so. I love to cook and bake. I live with my parents, my husband, and my two sons.
We've got a lot of cooks and a lot of eaters in the house. It's a great chance to learn new things and refine old favorites. Right now we live in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, but that's just our current stop.
I love to get email. Request a recipe, ask a question, just say hi: expatriate.recipesATgmailDOTcom
I feel obligated to point out I was 37 weeks pregnant when I posted this "recipe." Your mileage may vary.
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