I grew up eating a lot of seafood at home and in Chinese restaurants, and my favorite dishes were usually the simplest - the ones that involved just a hot wok and a handful of ginger, scallions, and ...

Our copycat P.F. Chang's Dynamite Shrimp recipe features crispy, tempura-battered shrimp served with a creamy, spicy sauce ...

1. Rinse the shrimp and pat dry with paper towels. 2. Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil and add a generous pinch of salt. Add the spaghetti and cook, stirring several times, for 8 to 10 ...

The first couple months of the year are a time of swearing off, of restricting carbohydrates, alcohol and sugar in an attempt to atone for whatever perceived damage we believe we wrought upon ...

A few weeks back, I was ordering lunch at a seafood joint in Alexandria when I spied a peculiarly named appetizer, “bang bang” shrimp. As a student of Chinese cooking, I recognized the name, so I gave ...

Editor’s note: The theme of Gohan Lab is to help people make simple, tasty “gohan” (meals). Chili shrimp might be a dish that you can’t resist ordering at a Chinese restaurant but find difficult to ...

Over the ages, the Chinese have developed their own way of doing things, especially when it comes to cooking and eating. They may serve soup at the end of the meal, for example, or offer noodles as a ...

This is “You Gotta Try This,” The Bee’s series featuring one particular must-have dish at a local restaurant. Each featured dish is nominated by a reader and chronicled at sacbee.com. Got a menu item ...

When it comes to food, India and China have more in common than you might think. Both harbor a deep love of ear-tingling chilies, vast quantities of garlic and seafood. That’s probably why Chinese ...