Asian American Daddy

Grow something.
Cook something.

Practical help for the plants you keep and the food you make.

Plants

Start with the plant in front of you.

Find growing guides, work through a plant problem, or choose a useful project for the space you have.

Watercolor illustration of a bird’s nest fern with broad green fronds and dark midribs in a terracotta pot beside a softly lit window — Recently written · Give a Bird's Nest Fern Moist Roots and Gentle Light

Cooking

Bring a good dinner together.

Choose a recipe, understand an ingredient, or turn what is already in the kitchen into a plan.

Explore Cooking

Watercolor illustration of tan burdock and orange carrot matchsticks with sesame seeds in a shallow ivory bowl beside chopsticks — Fresh from the kitchen · Kinpira Gobo: Burdock and Carrot with a Sesame Finish