Blog Tag - baking

Where To Get Your King Cake to Celebrate Epiphany
It’s only one day until Epiphany (Jan 6) and there are plenty of places in Beijing to get a king cake, aka galette des rois (国王饼 guówáng bǐng in...
Season's Feastings: Make Your Own Christmas Cookies
Despite what every advertisement, shop, song or movie about the festive season in the world has ever told you, gift giving does not = buying a heap...
How to Say the Names of Common Wheat-Free Flours in Chinese
Wheat-free flour, sometimes referred to online as “alt flour”, is a great way to add flavor and depth to your cooking, whether you are fully gluten-...
EAT: Sherpa's Day at Ramo,
If you're looking for foodie celebrations this week, Beijing has plenty of them. The first involves Sherpa's and Ramo teaming up this Saturday (Mar ...
Call for Bakers: Annual Cookie Monster Bake-Off Coming Back to Beijing in 2017
The Annual Cookie Monster Charity Bake-Off is gearing up for a fourth year of cut-throat baking action, with the deadline for submissions now...
Daily Bread: A Q&A with The Bake Shop's Liz Phung and Emma Burke
Sourcing good quality bread has traditionally been a bit of a headache in Beijing, but with the advent of delivery-only outfit The Bake Shop that may...
Make the Most of Seasonal Fruit with this Simple Persimmon Bread
One of my favorite things about living in Beijing is that when it comes to fruit and veg, markets and shops still tend to stick with what's seasonal...
Beijing's Top 5 Up-And-Coming Bakers
Beijing's dessert diehards need not despair. Sure, beloved bakery and cafe Sweet Tooth will be shuttered by month's end, but there's no shortage of...
Gorge on Milk and Cookies at the 2016 Cookie Monster Charity Bake Off, Mar 20
Sweet toothed Beijingers: prepare to salivate. Lum Dim Sum and The Hutong’s third annual Cookie Monster Bakeoff is upon us Sunday (Mar 20), 2-5pm....
British Baking in Beijing
The Paddington Kitchen was created by baking enthusiast Lottie Murphy. Hailing from the UK, Murphy has lived in Beijing since 2010, and now spends...
Totally Baked: Where to Get Ovens and More in Beijing
   In the making of this month’s issue, home-baker extraordinaire Ida Collin of Fat Bunny Bakery revealed to us that she relies solely on two...
Icing Tips: DIY Takes The Cake
The round, surly-looking girl greeted me at the door. She would have looked so pleasant, if only she smiled. I’d signed up for a cake-making class...