Miranda Brown6 days ago7 minASIAN 258: Mangle the Recipe, A Moral Conundrum? January 6, 2021 was supposed to be another gloomy morning in Ann Arbor. At about 9 am, I awoke, still groggy from a night of wrestling So...
Miranda Brown7 days ago6 minASIAN 258: Welcome to Asian Food and DrinkEver wonder why Asians put tapioca pearls in milk tea? The origins of sushi, tempura, or ramen? Or whether it’s disrespectful to Chinese ...
Miranda BrownSep 30, 20204 minPurple and White Mooncakes: A Twist on an Old Treat (With a Chocolate Variation)Twenty years ago, I found myself in China during the Mid-Autumn Festival, living a stone's throw from the Forbidden Palace. The holiday w...
Alison LiSep 24, 202014 minAn Open Letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci: To Stop COVID-19, Give Traditional Chinese Medicine a ChanceBy Benjamin Guan, Alison Li, and Andrea Lin April 26th, 2020
Tiffany Liu 劉盈瑩May 25, 20205 minEating Chinese in South AfricaOne sunny day, I had lunch with two South African-born Chinese (SABC) friends at a northern-style Chinese restaurant in Johannesburg’s New...
Ashira ChughApr 20, 20204 minQuick and Easy Indian Chicken Curry (ASIAN 258 Student Submission)Hello to all my peers in ASIAN 258! I hope you are all safe and healthy during this pandemic. During this pandemic, I like most of you, h...
Emma BuisApr 17, 20205 minIsolation Style Shrimp Mee Goreng (Asian 258 Student Submission)Whenever I look for recipes online, I try to find at least two to compare and end up going with kind of an average between the two approa...
Miranda BrownApr 16, 20209 minHigh-End Asian: The Pipe Dream Coming to Main Street (ASIAN 258)Like you, I wonder about the summer. I think about the first thing I will do when I can leave my house. I also imagine various futures. L...
Miranda BrownApr 14, 20209 minBubble Tea: A Layered and Sugar-Laced History with Recipe (ASIAN 258)As the parties awaited the verdict, temperatures soared outside. Not that this would have surprised anyone. It was late July in Taipei. B...
Miranda BrownApr 13, 20204 minCrystal skin dumplings (ASIAN 258 virtual lab)I’ve always been a fan of crystal skin dumplings. They are quite popular in Guangzhou and Hong Kong -- if you have eaten dim sum, you’re ...
Miranda BrownApr 8, 20205 minDon't worry Senator Cornyn. Your pooch is safe with me (ASIAN 258)This is my imaginary letter to Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas). Obviously tongue in cheek, just in case you are wondering... Dear Senator C...
Miranda BrownApr 6, 20208 minTaking the Orange Chicken Challenge (ASIAN 258)The name of this blog might as well be the title of the class. If there's a time to be upfront, that would be now. The end of the term dr...
Romina DelmonteApr 3, 20204 minEating "Chinese" and Feeling “Peruvian”: Chifas in ArgentinaThe Chinese are present in many ways in Buenos Aires (Argentina). But there’s a special type of restaurant that marries elements from the...
Miranda BrownApr 1, 20207 minThe Golden Arches of Tian'anmen (ASIAN 258 Blog)About twenty years ago, I found myself eavesdropping on a conversation about imperialism. The woman sitting next to me had taken issue wi...
Miranda BrownMar 31, 20204 minThe Dummy-Proofed Dumpling Recipe (ASIAN 258 Virtual Food Lab)Full disclosure: I did *not* grow up making these. My mother was a southerner: born in Singapore, raised in Canton, schooled in Hong Kong...
Miranda BrownMar 30, 20207 minShould Japan Police Sushi? (ASIAN 258)The question is a real one. It was something that the Japanese government actually considered only a few years ago. In 2006, the Japanese...
Miranda BrownMar 25, 20206 minHow the Japanese Came to Love Grilled Beef (ASIAN 258)If you’re like me, you're probably not going out much these days. So let’s fantasize about the places we might travel if we were suddenly...
Yijia Zheng 郑宜佳Mar 24, 20203 minFried Spiral Pancake (金丝饼) [Asian 258 Student contribution]Today, my mom taught me to make jinsi bing (金丝饼) – Chinese fried spiral pancake. Remember that Miranda told us that bing (饼) has long exi...
Miranda BrownMar 23, 20206 minRamen: A Tangled History of Japan’s Unlikely National Dish (ASIAN 258 )You don’t need to see it, because you can guess the plot. Ramen Girl (2008) is a cross between Karate Kid (1984),Tampopo (1985), Lost in...
Miranda BrownMar 21, 20203 minVery simple noodle (ASIAN 258 virtual food lab)This is a no-frills recipe. You need just three ingredients: flour, salt, and water. Special equipment is also superfluous. A knife, cutt...