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Haw berry kumquat pie 山楂金橘派
Science seems to lend itself well to calendar days. In high school chemistry class we celebrated Mole Day, but it was pretty boring – no chocolate mole sauce, or cute and furry moles. March 14 is much...
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Kumquat tart
I’ve grown up eating kumquats all my life, but it hadn’t ever occurred to me to do anything with them. They were usually associated with Chinese new year, when my grandparents sometimes had a little...
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Meyer lemon almond custard
I’ve been slowly going through all the lemon recipes I can think of: tarts, lemon curd, preserved lemons, lemon millet pistachio tea cakes, and not once have my China-grown Meyers disappointed, despite...
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Pumpkin brioche red bean buns 南瓜布里欧修豆沙包
I am quite ready to declare this to be the best brioche dough in the world. As cinnamon rolls, they’re divine. As a tart base, it’s pillowy and sweetly accommodating. In simple brioche form, the...
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Tomorrow, when the apricots come
Hawberries & Kumquats is overwhelmed with moving house and will be taking a short break. (The complexity of apartment hunting in Beijing could be an entire blog subject.) In the meantime, here are...
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Moving Day Cookies (Ginger-Nut-Butter-Apricot-Oat Snaps!)
I hate moving. Over my four years in Beijing, I’ve moved four times. The first time I had a few suitcases and moved across the length of the city. The other three times I’ve moved a considerably...
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Pumpkin mochi balls with black sesame and red bean paste
When the ginkgo trees turn golden, when the flower seller has seas of long-tendriled chrysanthemums and the vegetable seller has pumpkins of all shapes and sizes, then we know that fall has arrived....
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Black sesame yogurt cake 黑芝麻酸奶蛋糕
Recently we’ve started ordering organic yogurt from Green Yard Organic Dairy, based in Yanqing County. Though it’s not as thick and creamy as unsweetened Herun Yogurt ( 和润酸奶), I’ve come to prefer...
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Tangyuan: White, Black, and Marbled 黑白汤圆
Yuanxiao and tangyuan – glutinous rice balls stuffed with a range of fillings – are a must for the Lantern Festival (Yuanxiao Jie 元宵节) on the 15th of the first lunar month, or the first full moon of...
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