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Philadelphia: Pan-Fried Juicy Pork Buns at Dim Sum Garden

If you've ever had Shanghainese soup dumplings (xiao long bao), you've probably had the thin-skinned kind filled with pork (or sometimes pork and crab) meatballs and rich, ultra-savory meat broth that gushes out when you bite through the wrapper. But as I recently discovered, there's a similar, heartier version: pan-fried soup dumplings, or shengjianbao.

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Boston: Dumpling Cafe Dishes Out Soup Dumplings Worth the Trip

With a recent visit to Dumpling Cafe in Boston's Chinatown, I've added xiao long bao—the Shanghai style broth-filled dumplings—to the list of Chinese-foods-I-must-eat-when-I-visit-Boston.

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How to Make Spätzle

It's easy enough to make spätzle with a spätzle-maker, but why not skip the gadgetry and cut your spätzle by hand, the old-fashioned way? Take a look at the slideshow and recipe to see how to make this rustic dumpling-like pasta.

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Chinese Appetizer Recipe Week: Soup Dumplings

So we've been through guo tie (fried dumplings), the thick-skinned, crisp-on-the-bottom potstickers from Beijing, but what about their Shanghai counterparts? I'm talking the delicate xiao long bar of Shanghai; the ones that appear to be your standard dumplings, but miraculously burst open in a mouthful of savory broth with a tender meatball floating inside as you bite into them.

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Chinese Appetizer Recipe Week: Fried Dumplings

Of all the foods off the A1 through A24 section of your local Chinese takeout menu, fried dumplings (that's Peking ravioli to you Bostonians) are perhaps the ones that benefit most from some home treatment. Unless you're really lucky, takeout dumplings are thick-skinned and greasy, any crunch having left them in the long steamy bike ride from the kitchen to your door.

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Behind-the-Scenes Videos: Dumpling Factory Tour

"Mommy, where do dumplings come from?" We all reach an age when we want the answers. Last week, Chichi gave us a glimpse of a factory in Brooklyn that churns out half a million dumplings a day. Here is video footage from the tour of both the dumpling crimper and wonton wrapper maker in action. Simply mesmerizing.

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Seriously Asian: Going on a Dumpling Factory Tour

Recently some of the Serious Eats team went on a tour of a noodle and dumpling factory located in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Inside, it was kind of how you'd expect a dumpling and noodle factory to look: large machines of dough rollers and dumpling crimpers (more on that in the slideshow). The sweet smell of alkaline egg noodles filled the air while we walked around the facilities in white coats and wader boots. The best part? Grabbing freshly steamed dumplings straight from a giant dumpling conveyor belt! Take a look at the dumplification process.

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Seriously Asian: Dumplings with Sichuan Peppercorns

The message of this week's column is simple but worthwhile. It is this: if you put Sichuan peppercorns in your dumplings, they will be extraordinary. We lovers of the spicy, tingly peppercorn lament the dearth of good Sichuanese cuisine here in the States and by extension, the troubling absence of Sichuan peppercorns in our regular diets. Here, then, is a nice way to get your dumpling fix and satisfy your craving for Sichuan peppercorns in one fell swoop.

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Peanutty Dim Sum in Hong Kong

Maxim's Palace at City Hall in Hong Kong is one of the oldest and most traditional dim sum restaurants in the world. During my last visit, I decided to take a quick glance and was surprised to spot a peanutty dish: Dumplings with Sesame Filling and Mashed Peanut.

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How to Make Gyoza

This gyoza has been a favorite in my family for ages. It's so tasty that, until recently, I haven't bothered to deviate from the traditional filling. Check out the slideshow to learn how to make the classic Japanese-style pot stickers, then tweak the formula to make something new.

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