Tofu is now a top-five item on my grocery list and my favorite source of high-quality protein, easily surpassing eggs (not surprising these days) for its affordability and versatility. I like to keep ...

Learn how to make mapo tofu at home. The legendary dish from China’s Sichuan province brings the heat and the numb in a meal that's filled with intense flavors. It's surprisingly easy to make with the ...

If you've eaten at a Sichuan restaurant, chances are you've had some version of mapo tofu. Whether or not you enjoyed it depends on your spice tolerance and, of course, the quality of the restaurant ...

When my father took over a takeout restaurant in Phoenix in the early 1990s, the menu quickly grew from 18 dishes to over 50. Though beyond impractical and bordering on ridiculous for such a small ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I eat a lot of plant-based meals, but often the fact that they don’t contain meat is beside the point. So it’s one of my pet peeves when a recipe, restaurant ...

Tofu as an ingredient often takes on the characteristics of whatever sauce or preparation is being used to dress it. In the case of mapo tofu, those soft, placid blocks of tofu guard a scorching ...