Chinese

granulated sugar (about 100 grams) • habanero peppers (or any peppers you prefer, even milder ones) • water (about 180 ml) • rice vinegar (about 60 ml) • salt, leveled • cornstarch • large garlic cloves

For the dough: • all-purpose flour (about 300 grams) • baking soda (about 2 grams) • cream of tartar (about 2 grams) • cornstarch (about 1 gram) • instant dry yeast (about 5 grams) (or 2 teaspoons/10 grams if not using baking soda, cream of tartar, and cornstarch) • sugar (about 5 grams) • warm water (about 155 ml) • chicken breast • yellow or red bell pepper • fresh scallion • Sesame seeds, •

leek • Savoy cabbage • carrot • zucchini • Soy sauce • Ginger • Garlic • Rice noodles

flour (about 200 grams) • green onions • salt • boiling water (about 100 ml) • warm water (about 20 ml)

flour (about 400 grams) • water (200 ml) • salt • ground meat (about 200 grams) • medium/small carrots • onion • leek • soy sauce • Olive oil as needed, salt and pepper • water (100 ml) • white vinegar (50 ml) • sugar (about 40 grams) •

tortellini (300 grams) • mushrooms, preferably cremini or white button (250 grams) • prosciutto (80 grams) • diced prosciutto (20 grams) • onion • black Brogiotti figs (or other fresh black figs) • Salt and pepper, to taste • Olive oil, to taste • Fresh parsley, to taste

rice flour (about 120 grams) • all-purpose flour (about 60 grams) • warm water (110–120 ml) • carrot • medium-large or 2 small zucchini • red onion (preferably sweet, like Tropea) • dried mushrooms (about 20 grams; use shiitake if available, or porcini) • Soy sauce, to taste • Extra-virgin olive oil, to taste • Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste • –7 asparagus tips

heavy cream (220 grams) • sugar (50 grams) • vanilla extract • dried hibiscus flowers • gelatin (about 5 grams)

pandoro cake (or substitute with ladyfingers, sponge cake, or soft cake) • For the mandarin syrup • Juice of 1 mandarin • Zest of 1/2 lemon • water (100 ml) • sugar (60 g) • For the filling • mascarpone cream with pasteurized eggs (250 g) • Zest of 1 untreated mandarin • For decoration • Mandarins • Physalis (cape gooseberries) •

soybean spaghetti • Soy sauce, to taste • vegetable oil • fresh green onions • red bell pepper (1/2 pepper) • carrot (1 carrot) • zucchini (part near the skin of 1 zucchini) • egg

or 4/5 pak choi • chicken strips • soy sauce • Poppy seeds, to taste • Sesame seeds, to taste • Vegetable oil • salt • Freshly ground black pepper

carrots • walnut halves • whole wheat flour • potato starch • baking powder • sunflower oil • ailanto honey • low-fat milk • powdered sugar

flour (about 150 grams) • water (70 ml) • whole leek leaf • shrimp (about 50 grams) • Soy sauce or teriyaki sauce, to taste • Salt, to taste