Monthly Archive: April 2024

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Kalakukko: Finnish Fish… Pie

The rye crust was too thick, brittle when it should be strong enough to hold together yet hard and impenetrable when I wanted to bite through it, unleavened and dense, with the molasses flavor of dark rye.

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From Kongming to Tianjin: Jian Bing

It’s colorful and has an interesting variety of textures, the soft and moist outer layer of egg and crepe studded with toasty sesame seeds and little pungent bursts of scallion barely holding the crisp fried crackers and cabbage inside