A humble sauce can do a lot to bring a plate of food together, whether it be a no-frills fast food dipping sauce or something more complex like an authentic molé. Sometimes, like with sweet-and-sour ...

After years of perfecting Chinese takeout favorites at home, I’ve discovered that making restaurant-quality sweet and sour chicken isn’t just possible—it’s surprisingly simple. The secret lies in ...

A true staple of American Chinese cuisine, sweet and sour sauce is the perfect blend of sugar, vinegar, garlic, ginger, ketchup, and pineapple juice. It's hard to imagine Chinese takeout without this ...

The presentation of our entree was puzzling. In your average Chinese-American restaurant, each diner gets a plate and the entrees are served on a platter. Our shrimp was served on a platter, and two ...

The trouble with sweet-and-sour chicken is that the flavor is mostly sweet — too sweet, at that — and weirdly acidic. It never seems to deliver on the satisfying balance of gently sweet and teasingly ...

Chinese food was one of the major takeout pillars that my family drew upon when nobody felt like cooking. Chow mein—although it was something that we should have been calling lo mein—ham fried rice, ...