White-Cut Chicken and Kapok

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The poached chicken needs to be soaked, lifted and dipped three times so the skin turns out perfectly crisp.

The rose-soy duck needs to be basted, with the caramel cooked to a deep amber.

Shrimp dumplings need twelve pleats. He takes her hand and shows her: "Pinch tightly here."

She counts the seconds as the ginger milk sets: "Seventy seconds. Just right."

The double-boiled soup simmers for three hours. He says, "It's ready."

She lowers her head. "So are people."

Lychee mushrooms are only available in May. Once the season's over, they're gone.

Kapok flowers fall in March. Sweep them up, and the branches are full again.

Ji Xianye, your wife says to come home for dinner!