Bring 2 quarts of water to a boil. Hold the duck by the neck and very quickly dunk the bird into the boiling water once or twice until the skin tightens. (Do not let the meat start to cook.) Allow the ...

Tea smoking, a cooking technique used in China, bears no resemblance to smoking meats and fish in the Western world. For one thing, no wood chips are used; for another, the result is a very subtle ...

Don’t miss the tea-smoked duck and wok-fired Dungeness crab with rice cakes at Harry and Alice Zhou’s humble restaurant. Duck and xiaolongbao at Shanghai Kitchen in Greenwood Village. Photo by ...

The latest addition to the authentic Chinese restaurants around the University at Buffalo’s North Campus was House of Gourmet. Located at 2865 Sheridan Drive, Tonawanda, just west of Niagara Falls ...

In December, we wrote about Shing Wang having introduced banh mi sandwiches on its vegetarian-friendly Chinese menu. “I’ll be heading up to 167th real soon to check out these new items,” I vowed. Well ...

The other day, I just couldn’t shake the thought of slow-smoking some ribs. I was in the mood for Memphis-style baby backs, the meat fall-off-the-bone tender, a simple dry rub tantalizingly ...