Mandy Lee
Recipes
Spicy Chickpea Poppers
Take crispy chickpeas to the extreme with this recipe of battered, fried garbanzos spiked with Thai basil, Sichuan peppercorns, and a host of fragrant spices including cumin and five-spice powder.
Recipes
Pandora’s Box
This cube of crustless milk bread is encased in a shiny, shatteringly thin caramel shell, then filled with an enormous dollop of chamomile-infused vanilla bean custard.
Lifestyle
As Protesters March in Hong Kong, I Cook to Escape
Mandy Lee cooked as a way to relieve the pressure of living under authoritarian rule in Beijing. Now, protestors are marching for democracy in her current home, and she wonders if escapism cooking is enough.