Cooking

A practical postmortem on watery vegetables, pale meat, raw bean paste, and the timing mistakes that turn a fast stir-fry into a slow stew.

A Hunan-style chili pepper stir-fried pork recipe with Sichuan roots — ingredients, step-by-step method, and tips for balancing heat and sweetness.

Core principles behind Chinese cooking — heat control, timing, and flavor balance — distilled into a practical crib sheet.

Why I returned to blogging after a decade away — a digital notebook for firmware notes, running logs, and kitchen experiments.