Scientists have uncovered the therapeutic properties of bitter melon, a vegetable and traditional Chinese medicine, that make it a powerful treatment for type 2 diabetes. Scientists have uncovered the ...

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Fuzzy melon (mo gwa in Cantonese) is also known as hairy melon or gourd. While it's popular in the summer because it's considered cooling, it's usually available year-round. It's delicious in this ...

We get just about every kind of produce in Southern California (even tropical, thanks to all those new hothouses in Santa Barbara County), but some make only a fleeting appearance. Bitter melon is one ...

I can vividly remember the first time I shopped in the vegetable section of a large Asian supermarket. There were items there that I didn't even know what part to cook, let alone how to cook it. So ...

Karen Man, the former co-owner and pastry chef of the renowned but-now-shuttered Oxheart restaurant, walked into my house one morning recently for a cup of chai. She also brought with her a small ...

I grew up eating delicious meals cooked by my parents and grandparents. When I left home to go to university, I missed their food, so I learned to cook many of their dishes myself. Winter melon soup ...

Shark's fin melon is normally used for making soup in Chinese cuisine. It will give the soup a sweet taste and is good to cook with meat. May Lee and Winmas Yu will show you an alternate recipe with ...