For New Year's Eve -- tonight or Chinese New Year's Eve on Feb. 14 -- you can't beat the aroma and allure of cooking pot stickers, Chinese dumplings. From my Chinese bridesmaid, I learned the secret ...

In The Seventh Daughter: My Culinary Journey from Beijing to San Francisco (Ten Speed Press, $35), Cecilia Chang lovingly chronicles the elaborate preparations leading up to a Lunar New Year's ...

Have you ever made pot stickers? In particular, shrimp pot stickers? If so this recipe and “dumpling details" I’m sharing will be familiar to you. On the reverse side, if you’re a newbie to making pot ...

Cooking pot stickers isn't a difficult or time-consuming endeavor, especially if you have a nonstick skillet with a lid. The idea is to start by browning the bottoms of the crescent-shaped dumplings ...

1. Prepare dipping sauce and set aside. 2. Heat oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Add mushrooms and garlic; cook and stir 3 to 5 minutes or until tender and liquid has ...

My mouth waters as I drop the ruffly little purses of delicate, meat-filled dough into the frying pan for a pot sticker taste-test. I blend soy sauce, fresh ginger and rice vinegar into a dipping ...

With the crunch of their golden brown bottoms and the tender-chew of their steamed pleated tops, pot stickers are often the first appetizer to disappear at my parties. Especially if the gathering is a ...

1. Make Nuoc Cham (dipping sauce): In bowl, stir sugar, hot water, lime juice and fish sauce until sugar dissolves. Add hot sauce and stir to combine; add carrots and stir to combine. Taste and make ...

“I hate dumplings,” said no one, ever. Pierogies, ravioli, wontons — we all love plump and tender dough pockets stuffed with juicy, flavorful fillings. Which is why when my freezer suddenly went on ...