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Curious About Cumin

Cumin in Chinese Food It was just the other night when we dined at Red Tiger Dumpling House in Stony Brook that I first encountered the use of cumin in Chinese food.  We asked the waiter about it, and it just made me more curious to learn more about this fascinating spice called cumin. It’s not just used in Indian ...

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Dumplings (Wontons) Geography Lesson

Dumplings on my Mind Class is now in session. A Chinese dumpling, or a wonton, is a staple food popular throughout China.  Dumplings were likely introduced to the West by early settlers in Chinatown, who came primarily from the Cantonese-speaking coastal cities in Southern China. It seems like I’ve got dumplings on the brain as it’s the second time in ...

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HistorMee: The History of the Mee Family

Family Crest

We Are Family!  Nothing But My Brothers and Mee The distinguished surname Mee emerged from the remote northern part of China, habitated by a very lost tribe of Israel,  along the Great Wall of China known as the Wailing Wall of China. The area is so remote, some argued, that the Jews in this nether region wailed because there wasn’t a ...

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