Thai red curry with roast duck, bamboo shoots, eggplant, and pumpkin. Made with my homemade red curry paste.

Budae jjigae, Korean army base stew, was invented as a way to use up surplus U.S. army products after the Korean War, including Spam.

Wonton noodle soup with bok choy and shiitake mushrooms.

Is it too early to look for recipes for the turkey carcass? Turkey bone ramen.

Seven recipes for asparagus in the first round-up for Weekend Wokking.

Banh nam, a central Vietnamese flat dumpling of pork and shrimp on rice dough, steamed in banana leaves.

Longan chicken radicchio wraps. The sweetness of the longans offsets the bitterness of the radicchio.

Longans are now in season.

Mashed pumpkin waiting to be turned into ravioli.

Peanuts are now in season. A quick recipe for Vietnamese boiled peanuts.

Vietnamese chili garlic sauce with habanero peppers.

Pickled grapes.

A recipe for fragrant bo la lot (Vietnamese grilled beef with wild betel leaves). The leaves also help cure dysentery and ease toothaches.

Vietnamese grilled and stuffed grape leaves with beef.

Chinese boxthorn was known to European herbalists and used in traditional Chinese medicine for several thousand years.

How to chop and prepare sugarcane.

Tuong ot xa (Vietnamese lemongrass chili sauce).

Cha gio bap (Vietnamese corn egg rolls), a Central Vietnamese specialty and vegetarian alternative.

Mam ruoc (Vietnamese fermented shrimp paste). It’s stinky and salty and a vital component to some Vietnamese dishes.

Amaranth has been called the “crop of the future” because it is easily harvested, is very fruitful, and provides lots of nutrients.

Homemade macaroni and cheese. It’s easier than you think.

Monkey head mushrooms are reputed to have antioxidant effects, regulate blood lipid levels, and reduce blood glucose levels.