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White Bean Hummus Jun 18, 2022

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In this White Bean Hummus recipe, Chef Rebecca Peizer at The Culinary Institute of America uses white beans instead of chickpeas. She infuses the hummus with subtle lemon and garlic flavors. Chef Rebecca also shares the secret to making the hummus extra fluffy!

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Bean and Cheese Breakfast Casserole Jun 17, 2022

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This hearty breakfast casserole combines protein-rich black beans and eggs with flavorful cheddar cheese, sundried tomatoes, and fresh basil. This breakfast casserole is a great way to start your day!

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SunnyHills Pineapple Cakes, Taipei Jun 15, 2022

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Taiwanese pineapple cakes are a type of shortbread pastry filled with sweet caramelized pineapple. Open since 2008, Taipei’s SunnyHills Pineapple Cakes is known for having the best the city has to offer. Customers enjoy a cup of tea with their complimentary pineapple cake while relaxing in the shop’s quaint ambience. Here to tell us about SunnyHills Pineapple Cakes is Joan and K.F. Seetoh

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Wu Pao Chun Bakery, Taipei Jun 14, 2022

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KF Seetoh takes us to Taipei’s Wu Pao Chun Bakery where he talks with owner and award-winning baker Wu Pao Chun. Wu Pao Chun was awarded Master Baker in the bread category of the 2010 Bakery Masters competition held in Paris, and his Rose and Lychee Bread and Red Wine Longan Bread have won numerous medals in world bread making competitions.

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Taiwanese Steamed Fish at Ivy’s Kitchen, Taipei Jun 13, 2022

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Chef Ivy Chen of Ivy’s Kitchen in Taipei shows Steve Jilleba how to steam big eye snapper and grunt that has been marinated in ginger and green onions. She adds shredded ginger, pickled plum cordia before placing the fish in a bamboo steamer for 10 minutes.

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Taiwanese Stir Fried Water Lily at Ivy’s Kitchen, Taipei Jun 12, 2022

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Chef Ivy Chen of Ivy’s Kitchen in Taipei shows Steve Jilleba how to make Taiwanese Stir Fried Water Lily. Water lily grows in fresh water and can grow several meters long. She heats oil in a wok and adds garlic, and the water lily, which has been sliced into 2-inch pieces. When the water lily turns bright green it is seasoned with salt and served.

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Taiwanese Stir-Fried Noodles with Vegetables and Black Bean Soy Sauce at Ivy’s Kitchen, Taipei Jun 11, 2022

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Chef Ivy Chen of Ivy’s Kitchen in Taipei shows Steve Jilleba how to make a classic Taiwanese dish: Stir-Fried Noodles with Vegetables and Black Bean Soy Sauce. She heats oil in a wok and stir fries sliced shiitake, sliced white onion, shredded pork, carrots, shredded cabbage, rice wine and black bean soy sauce, and alkaline noodles.

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Taiwanese Black Chicken Soup with Bamboo Shoots and Mushrooms at Ivy’s Kitchen, Taipei Jun 10, 2022

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Ivy Chen of Ivy’s Kitchen, has been teaching Taiwanese cooking at the Community Services Center in Taipei for more than fifteen years. She also writes articles about food for several magazines. Here she shows Steve Jilleba how to make a classic Taiwanese dish: Black Chicken Soup with Bamboo Shoots and Mushrooms. She uses special Taiwanese chicken with black meat, which she simmers for about 25 minutes with morels, shiitake, ginger, fresh bamboo, and rice wine.

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RAW Restaurant, Taipei Jun 09, 2022

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At Chef André Chiang’s RAW, next generation chefs re-interpret classic Taiwanese flavors. We talk with chefs and restaurant partners Alain Huang and Zor Tan about elevating Taiwan’s seasonal produce through their innovative creations. The 60-seat restaurant serves a vibrant “bistronomy” cuisine, a new wave of cooking style born in Paris, offering experimental haute cuisine at a reasonable price. They demonstrate for us how to make their dish “All About Duck”: Duck liver, duck heart, duck breast, Taiwanese red quinoa, and barley served with duck liver soup. Their dish “Taco Tako T.A.C.O.S.” is an octopus “taco” with a mini spring onion pancake, quail egg, cabbage and avocado. The next dish is called “Onion Onion Onion” made with zucchini puree topped with smoked fish, fermented black beans, pearl onions cooked in apple juice, uni, spring onion oil, and chives. For dessert, they show us how they make Mango Tartar with a Meringue Snow Ball and Milk Snow.

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Mume Restaurant in Taipei Jun 08, 2022

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Mume Restaurant in Taipei serves produce-driven modern western cuisine, and was founded by Hong Kong born Chef Richie Lin, Australian Chef Kai Ward and Asian American Chef Long Xiong. Together this chef trio brings to Taipei their experiences from Noma in Denmark, Per Se in New York and Quay in Sydney. They show us Taiwanese specialties Crispy Amadai with Red Pepper Sauce and Taiwanese Beef Tartar and more.

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