The Ultimate Food Guide to Xizhou Book

I am SO excited to share the project I have been working on all summer – a book introducing my favorite foods of Xizhou!   We only printed out a few hard copies, but you can also read it online here. I designed it to be a less casual/chatty version of the Xizhou Food Guide series I

Xizhou Food Guide / Huajuan

Huajuan is a Chinese steamed roll that is named after its shape; “flower twist.” The dough itself is plain – just water, flour, yeast, and a touch of sugar – but sometimes it can be rolled with other ingredients such as brown sugar or minced meat. I like to affectionately think of the sweet huajuan

Xizhou Food Guide / Rose Cookies

Welcome to another post from my Xizhou Food Guide series, where I highlight different specialty foods from Xizhou, Dali, Yunnan. A very popular dessert or snack here are rose cookies. Unlike the gooey, buttery, sweet cookies that we have in the US, Chinese rose cookies are made of a rather bland, flakey pastry with a rose jam