Recipe: Sliced lotus root with sweet sauce

December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 by Zoe

About this dish

Sliced lotus root with sweet sauce is a traditional entree from southern part of Yangtze River in China. Due to the humid and warm weather, the area is perfect for growing lotus. This dish is one of the must haves on local people’s desk. As an entree, the sliced lotus root is stuffed with sticky rice then boiled and soaked with sweet sauce made from brown sugar. Finally decorated with osmanthus flower, which is also a very good-smelling tiny flower used a lot by local people in the kitchen to add special scent into dishes. Because the taste is sweet, it can be served as dessert as well.

I was so surprised when I noticed that our school greenhouse has an osmanthus tree because I never see this plant in the U.S. It made me feel nostalgic once I smelled it. And I found that there is no place selling this dish. I am in some extent inspired by this class. So I decided to make by myself and record by camera as my final project as well as introduce my hometown cuisine to everyone.

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Soak sticky rice in water for at least 1 hour.

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Boil with brown sugar and regular sugar for at least 2.5 hours.

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Bon appetit!

Teju Cole

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 by Zoe

Teju Cole is a writer, photographer and photography critic of New York Times. Not only he criticizes photography, but also reveals the inner connection and emotion between pictures and photographers. And also, he reflects the meaning to the society level. In one of his articles “Peter Funch Sees the Patterns in the People on the Street”, he mention “Funch’s project is a feat of both patience and memory. But it is also a record of the many individual rhythms that collectively make up city life.” Cole always uses quotes and other artists’ project to enhance the subject. In his instagram, there are posts of ambiguous paintings, sometime with captions. He writes in his website: “On my Instagram page, I experiment daily with words and images.” Which shows he has been continuously thinking, exploring and making conclusions.