Chinese Food Culture

I am partnering with my friends at ManPans to giveaway a 9″ Round Cake Pan and a Large Loaf Pan. There will be one Ƒ) winner whom will receive one (1) ManPans 9″ Round Cake Pan and one (1) ManPans Large Loaf Pan. The retail value of this bakeware set is US$ 41.98.

ManPans 9″ Round Cake Pan

• .050 (16 ga.) Aluminum
• Commercial Quality
• Even wall thickness
• Round Rim
• Seamless Construction
• Straight Sides
• Easy grip-lip rim
• PTFE Free, Water-Based Release Coating: Gem-X2
• Easy Clean Up
• Heat Safe to 700 Degrees Fahrenheit

ManPans Large Loaf Pan

• 1.5lb loaf size
• Pans Dimensions are 10″ by 5″ by 3″ deep
• Tapered Sides
• Heavy .063 (14 ga.) Aluminum
• Commercial Quality
• Easy Grip-Lip Rim
• PTFE Free, Water-Based Release Coating: Gem-X2
• Easy Clean Up
• Heat Safe to 700 Degrees Fahrenheit

Eligibility: United States only. Closing Date: May 27, 2012, 11:59 pm PST. Winner will be randomly selected and contacted via email on May 28, 2012. The prize is proudly sponsored by ManPans. To enter, please follow the steps below.

Following the tahu bakar recipe post, you can enter to win Andrea Nguyen’s cookbook Asian Tofu: Discover the Best, Make Your Own, and Cook It at Home. There will be one (1) winner whom will receive one (1) copy of Asian tofu: Discover the Best, Make Your Own, and Cook It at Home by Andrea Nguyen. The retail value of Asian Tofu: Discover the Best, Make Your Own, and Cook It at Home by Andrea Nguyen is US$ 30.

About Asian Tofu: Discover the Best, Make Your Own, and Cook It at Home

From sleek, silken tofu with delicate toppings to piping-hot fried satchels in a robust sauce, tofu provides a versatile canvas for the intricate flavors and textures that Asian and vegetarian cooks have long enjoyed. America has embraced tofu as a healthy, affordable ingredient. And while it has been welcomed into sophisticated mainstream dining, tofu is often hidden in Western guises and in limited applications. In her third intrepid cookbook, celebrated food writer and teacher ANDREA NGUYEN aims to elevate this time-honored staple to a new place of prominence on every table.

Asian Tofu’s nearly 100 recipes explore authentic,ancient fare and modern twists that capture the culinary spirit of East, Southeast, and South Asia. There are spectacular favorites from Japan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, and India, as well as delicious dishes from Taipei, San Francisco, Santa Monica, and New York. Andrea demystifies tofu and interprets traditional Asian cuisine for cooks, sharing compelling personal stories and dispatches from some of the world’s best tofu artisans along the way.

For those who want to take their skills to the next level, the tofu tutorial clearly outlines tofu-making technique, encouraging readers to experiment with the unparalleled flavors of homemade varieties. But time-pressed cooks needn’t fear: while a few recipes, such as Silken Tofu and Seasoned Soy Milk Hot Pot, are truly best with homemade tofu, most are terrific with store-bought products. Some traditional dishes combine tofu with meat in brilliant partnerships, such as Spicy Tofu with Beef and Sichuan Peppercorn and Tofu with Kimchi and Pork Belly, but this collection is predominantly vegetarian and vegan, including the pristinely flavored Spiced Tofu and Coconut in Banana Leaf and vibrant Spicy Lemongrass Tofu Salad. And innovations such as Okara Doughnuts reveal tofu’s more playful side.

For health- and eco-conscious eaters and home chefs who are inspired to make the journey from bean to curd, Asian Tofu is the perfect guide.

Asian Tofu: Discover the Best, Make Your Own, and Cook It at Home can now be purchased at all major bookstores and online stores such as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository, etc.

About the Author

Andrea Nguyen is one of the country’s leading voices on Asian cuisine and the author of the acclaimed Asian Dumplings and the James Beard– and IACP-nominated Into the Vietnamese Kitchen. She has written for Saveur magazine, where she is also a contributing editor, the Los Angeles Times, and many more publications. She is also the creator of the Asian Market Shopper app. Her engaging and knowledgeable writing on cuisine and culture has attracted a loyal and well-deserved readership that actively follows her blog, www.vietworldkitchen.com. Andrea lives in Santa Cruz, California.

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The New Entry Form

If you’re a regular on Rasa Malaysia, I’m sure you noticed that my comment system was down when the KitchenAid giveaway reached over 5,000 entries and you couldn’t enter a comment to win.

This new entry form will be able to handle many entries without breaking my site. All entries will be stored in my website database and you will have a fair chance of winning.

I am partnering with my friend and fellow food blogger Kelly Senyei of Just a Taste to giveaway her book Food Blogging For Dummies. There will be one (1) winner whom will receive one (1) copy of Food Blogging For Dummies by Kelly Senyei. The retail value of Food Blogging For Dummies by Kelly Senyei is US$ 24.99.

The only thing better than cooking and eating is talking about it! Combine your two loves�”food and blogging—with this ultimate guide for food bloggers everywhere. Food Blogging For Dummies shows you how to join the blogosphere with your own food blog. This unique guide covers everything: how to identify your niche, design your site, find your voice, and create mouthwatering visuals of your best recipes and menus using dazzling lighting and effects. You�™ll learn how to optimize your blog for search, connect with social media, add widgets, and much more.

• Walks you through the technicalities of starting your own food blog
• Explores what you need to consider before your first post ever goes public
• Shows you how to create lip-smacking food visuals using special lighting and clever effects
• Explains SEO and how to make sure your site and recipes are searchable
• Goes into social media and how to use it effectively with your blog

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The New Entry Form

If you’re a regular on Rasa Malaysia, I’m sure you noticed that mysystem was down when the KitchenAid giveaway reached over 5,000 entries and you couldn’t enterto win.

This new entry form will be able to handle many entries without breaking my site. All entries will be stored in my website database and you will have a fair chance of winning.

My friend at TX Bar Organics is giving away three (3) gift cards valued at $ 75.00 each to Rasa Malaysia readers. Recently, I received the grass-fed beef from them and made Thai Beef Panang Curry and absolutely loved the meat!

TX Bar Ranch is located in Northern California 120 miles north of Sacramento and their USDA organic beef is excellent and grass-fed:

• More essential Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• More health-promoting CLA
• When animals are raised on fresh pasture alone, their products contain from three to five times more CLA than products from animals fed conventional diets.
• You would have to eat five times the amount of grain-fed meat to get the same level of CLA found in grass-fed animals.
• More Vitamin E, C and Beta-Carotene
• The meat from the pastured cattle is four times higher in vitamin E, C and Beta-Carotene than the meat from the feedlot cattle and almost twice as high as the meat from the feedlot cattle given vitamin supplements.

Less Total Fat

• Meat from grass-fed cattle is lower in total fat than feedlot-raised animals.
• Research shows that lean beef actually lowers your “bad� LDL cholesterol levels.
• Typical annual consumption of beef per person is 66.5 pounds.
• Switching to lean grass-fed beef will save you 17,733 calories a year. If all Americans switched to grass-fed meat, our national epidemic of obesity might diminish.

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The New Entry Form

If you’re a regular on Rasa Malaysia, I’m sure you noticed that mysystem was down when the KitchenAid giveaway reached over 5,000 entries and you couldn’t enterto win.

This new entry form will be able to handle many entries without breaking my site. All entries will be stored in my website database and you will have a fair chance of winning.