steamed ribs and taro in black bean garlic sauce

taro turns creamy when steamed and becomes the perfect compliment for savory pork ribs

Chocolate chip cookies madness

Note to self: never quadruple a recipe again without first reading through the ingredient list to see how much batter it will yield.

Lessons learned: no mixer we ever own will accommodate 4 cups of butter plus 8 cups of sugar plus 12 cups of flour.   Unless we go commercial.  But we will always find a way around it.  Like we did last night with 4 people struggling with 2 huge bowls of dough and came out with over 8 dozen of cookies