My mom made this dish often while I was growing up, and my favorite part was always spooning the perfectly sweet and savory sauce over hot, steamy jasmine rice — sometimes I wouldn’t even eat the ...

Jacky Tu of Makawao shares his Chinese-Vietnamese dish suon ram man (spareribs braised in coconut water). Tu learned this recipe from his mother, Jenny, who hails from Quy Nhon in central Vietnam. Ask ...