Although cellophane noodles are higher in calories than your Italian pastas, they’re lower in cholesterol, thereby making them a nice alternative to the classic spaghetti dinner. I love pasta. It ...

This is a variation on a dish cooked for a dinner party by a Vietnamese-Thai friend. The original dish used salmon - seared so it was halfway cooked - but I changed it to blanched fresh shrimp. You ...

Q. Are rice noodles and cellophane noodles the same thing? A. Both are Chinese-style noodles, but they differ in what they are made out of. As the name suggests, rice noodles are made out of rice ...

Trying to dodge all the appealing wheat-based noodles at Asian restaurants can be frustrating when you're gluten free. But even though you need to avoid ramen, udon, somen, lo mein, yakisoba and more, ...

Rice noodles come in a variety of thicknesses, from nearly 1/2 inch wide to threadlike vermicelli, and are integral to Thai and Vietnamese recipes such as pad thai, summer rolls and pho. Transparent ...

Cai Daoxian(L), heir to the craft of handmade noodles made from sweet potato starch, shows how to make noodles in Dongmiao village, Anhui province. The craft has been passed down in Cai’s family for ...

Made from the starch of vegetables like mung beans, translucent glass noodles (a.k.a. cellophane noodles) are ubiquitous at pan-Asian restaurants. Hosea Rosenberg gives them extra care, stir-frying ...

As Tet approaches, a group of gourmets from Hanoi is visiting the northern province of Cao Bang to seek the best mien dong (canna vermicelli) to make cellophane noodles. The rhizomes of the plant are ...

THE transparent cellophane noodles is also known by various other names such as Chinese vermicelli, bean threads, bean thread noodles, crystal noodles or glass noodles. Made from starch such as mung ...