Recipe Corner: Mapo Tofu

January 6, 2023

Transamerica Institute
This Chinese dish comes from Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan Province. This province is known for its spicy cuisine and especially for use of the eponymous peppercorn, which can cause a slight numbing effect after consumption. The dish’s name means “pockmarked old woman,” referring to the woman believed to have developed the recipe in […]
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