Welcome to issue #014 of our Cookbook Chronicles! Each week, I share lessons and wisdom from our cookbook development, preserving my dad’s 50 years of experience as a Chinese chef.
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As we write our cookbook, I am thinking a lot about how in/accessible certain traditional ingredients are to some, especially if you don’t have an Asian grocery store nearby.
Fresh noodles can be hard to come by, but especially in the United States, spaghetti is universally available AND affordable! Creatively approaching seemingly strict dishes is a great way to get comfortable making adjustments and playing in the kitchen.
That’s why we wanted to share how my dad makes a classic Ginger Scallion Lo Mein recipe, adapted with the ubiquitous spaghetti.
Watch the video for the full walkthrough, and visit our blog for a unit-converting, scalable serving size calculator:
https://madewithlau.com/recipes/ginger-scallion-spaghetti
I hope you enjoy!
With love,
Randy & the Lau family
P.P.S. - If you want to dive deeper, this clip is a portion of a longer module in our Mini Masterclass series on “Noodles”, which you can preview here:
https://www.madewithlau.com/club/courses/8
If you’re interested in truly understanding how to cook Cantonese food, go to madewithlau.com/club to get access to all 21 Mini Masterclasses or preview every single lesson for free.
P.P.S. - Mid Autumn festival is right around the corner and I wanted to highlight another Asian American small business: Little Moon Bakehouse.
(Not sponsored, we just love what they’re doing!)
Annie runs Little Moon Bakehouse out of Oakland, CA, focused on creating vegan versions of classic Asian pastries. Every fall, they make specialty mooncake gift boxes for the Mid Autumn season.
This year, Annie sent our family a very special set of four full sized mooncakes made using custom mooncake molds designed by artist Kai Kwong. When the mooncakes are lined up, they create one continuous image of a snake going through the Chinese "Flowers of the Four Seasons".
If you’re interested in getting some, Little Moon Bakehouse ships nationwide. Also, if you’re in NYC, Annie’s doing a pop up from Sept 22 - Oct 5.
Check it out and support a fellow Asian American business in the process :)
