Kristina Cho

💁🏻‍♀️ I Cook, Bake, and Write Cookbooks
🏅 2x @beardfoundation Award Winner
📕 Author of Chinese Enough and Mooncakes & Milk Bread
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Chia Pudding but in the style of Chinese Dessert Soups! Currently loving a mix of black sesame and matcha flavored puddings 🩶 think of the seeds like sago or the thick texture like the sweet soups thickened with glutinous rice flour. Next I want to m...

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Happy Year of the Horse 🧧🎊🍊🐎🏮

We normally celebrate with a big Chinese dinner but I'm taking it easy this year by growing a Fire Horse instead and making a dinner for 2 of Scallion Oil Noodles (with handmade noodles!) topped with Tea Brined Duck Bre...

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Giveaway time! I'll make us some Torched Salmon Dons for lunch while you win a BALMUDA the Toaster Pro and a copy of For The Love Of Kewpie!

Here's how to enter the sweepstakes:⁠ Fill out the entry form linked in my bio and follow , , and .

All qua...

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Hot Pot Night at home is one of the easiest ways to celebrate Lunar New Year. With a flavorful simmering pot of hot and sour tomato broth made with Organic Chicken Bone Broth as the base, all the dip-ins your heart wants, and a table full of your fa...

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Steamed Osmanthus Milk Custard! A jiggly, silky, and creamy dessert made simply in your steamer! Serve it hot or chilled and top with whatever your heart wants. Would make such a fun LNY dessert!

Full recipe is in my latest newsletter and linked in ...

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Spiced Chicken Momos with Cilantro Mint Sauce 🥟 the more you eat the "wealthier" you'll be!

Full recipe is on my s u b s t a c k! Link is in my bio!

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For Lunar New Year I'm bringing back some childhood nostalgia and making my own good fortune with these Steamed Green Onion SPAM® Buns! If you're celebrating LNY make sure to include SPAM® products on your menu because everyone will be delighted to e...

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A Lunar New Year Latte 🍊☕️ flavored with mandarin oranges, fresh ginger, Chinese brick sugar, and five spice!

Strain the syrup if you like, but I sort of like how the orange peel and ginger continue to infuse. Keeps in the fridge for while!

If you ...

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Sesame and Red Bean Swirled Milk Bread to kick off the start of Lunar New Year recipes 🫘🍞🧧

This is what happens when a lucky sesame ball meets a fluffy loaf! Recipe is in my latest n e w s l e t t e r and linked in my bio!

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Crunchy Cashew and Sesame Salad topped with Crispy Togarashi Salmon Nuggets made in 15 minutes thanks to ! !

I've been learning to accept and embrace help lately, especially in the kitchen and as I get deeper into this third trimester. I obviously s...

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Pork and Chive Sheng Jian Bao! Super crispy and extra juicy, made a little simpler! Full recipe is in this week's n e w s l e t t e r, link is in my bio!

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Let's make a Miso Brown Sugar Latte ☕️

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Savory Millet Jook 🍲

This is a recipe I've turned to again and again during my pregnancy as I've navigated loss of appetite, food aversions, and the dreaded gestational diabetes. It's delicious, comforting, and stabilizes my blood sugar!

Feeding my...

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Learning to cook sideways and a few inches further during this third trimester 😅

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Cantonese Beef and Bean Curd Stew 🍲 a nostalgic meal I've been enjoying practically my whole life ☺️ I made this twice for my in-laws in December and my parents made a version with oxtails for the holidays and still not sick of it! Perfect winter foo...

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This Year's Holiday Cookie Box!

Hand-formed Pistachio Butter Stuffed Shortbread
Sparkly Gingersnaps
Miso Browned Butter Buckeyes
Mocha Matcha Festive Cacti
Chinese Five Spice Glazed Tiles

Recipe details are in this week's newsletter!

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A long day prepping for our holiday party ✨officially done hosting for the year 🙃

Our menu:
Latkes with sour cream and applesauce
Flat and Crispy Shrimp Dumplings
Shrimp Cocktail and Dungeness Crab Tower (thank you for the gift of crab!!!)
Chili Ph...

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Japanese Sweet Potato Coffee Cake with Butter Glaze 🍠🧈🍯 need I say more?

Recipe is in the latest newsletter and linked in my bio!

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A casual day cooking Thanksgiving dinner!

Started at 10am, ready to eat by 4pm! The night before I prepped my dough, puff pastry, and broke down/dry brined the turkey to save a couple hours!

Recipes are on my newsletter unless otherwise noted!

The...

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Dungeness Crab Mac and Cheese 🦀

A cozy Bay Area Thanksgiving tradition! Full recipe is in the latest newsletter and linked in my bio!