Food

Mom’s Glossy Braised Pork Belly (红烧肉)

Rock sugar, Shaoxing wine, and ninety unhurried minutes—writing down a family classic that previously existed only in “a splash of this.”

Sourdough Scallion Pancakes & Roast Duck Under Chinatown Lanterns

A birthday table at Mister Jiu’s in San Francisco, where Cantonese banquet memory meets Northern California farms.

Favorite dish: Liberty Farms Roast Duck + Sourdough Scallion Pancake & Cheong Fun

Coiled Scallion & Toasted Sesame Flatbreads (葱油饼)

Hot-water dough, sizzling scallion-five-spice roux, and the simple joy of shattering crisp layers torn by hand.

Bamboo Chairs, Gaiwan Tea & the Anatomy of Chengdu Chili Oil

Afternoons in People’s Park and early-morning noodle stalls in Sichuan—where heat is never blunt, and aroma does all the talking.