Wok Defines Chinese Cooking In Local Taste Talk
Cindy Cullen Chapman reports on how the wok shapes Chinese cuisine with stir frying and steaming. Pong Young from Yen Ching in Marion explains the wok’s versatility, meat use, and regional variations such as Cantonese Szechuan and Mandarin flavors observed in the Cedar Rapids area.
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Cindy Cullen Chapman Azette
Pong Young
Taiwan
China
Pong
United States
Yen Ching
Armar Drive
Marion
Peng
Cedar Rapids
Oriental Egg Rolls Recipe From Old Page
A vintage recipe for egg rolls uses ground pork and shrimp with cabbage, onion, water chestnuts and soy sauce. The filling is wrapped in skins and fried in hot peanut oil until deep gold and crisp, then drained and served.
Attorney Uses Kitchen Skills as Quiet Practice
Attorney Gerard Glaza, Cedar Rapids jurist, blends law and cooking as a relaxation routine. He grew up in a German kitchen family and shares the craft with his three daughters at his Sandalwood Drive home. They preserve traditions like sauerbraten cabbage salad and pot roast with carrots and potatoes. Susan recalls Saturdays filled with creative meals prepared with her dad.
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Gerard Glaza
Sandalwood Drive
Susan
Ete
Cedar Rapids
West Coast monks bake fudge in Camelot mansion life
In Camelot on the San Francisco Peninsula, 11 Brigittine monks living a life of prayer transform fudge and carrot cake in a poolhouse kitchen. They relocated from Fresno to West Virginia before seeking a permanent home in California with Mitzi Sigall Briggs offering use of her vacant $3.5 million mansion.
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Woodside
Calif
David Johnston
Angeles Times Service
Brother Benedict
Fresno
West Virginia
Mitzi Sigall Briggs
Stauffer Chemical
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John McIvor
Diana Nollen
Gazette Focus
Los Angeles Times
West Coast
God
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