If you’ve ever ordered roast duck at a Chinese restaurant, you know the pleasures of a good bao — the steamed bun into which you pile a helping of the meat, eat and repeat. (Bao can refer to several ...

If you've ever ordered Peking duck at a Chinese restaurant, you know the pleasures of a good bao, the steamed bun into which you pile a helping of the meat, eat and repeat. (Bao can refer to several ...

If you’ve ever ordered Peking duck at a Chinese restaurant, you know the pleasures of a good bao, the steamed bun into which you pile a helping of the meat, eat and repeat. (Bao can refer to several ...

The Chinese buns known as bao are popping up everywhere — with unexpected fillings. Here are six tasty ones to try. When it comes to food offerings, Clinton Hill dive bar Splitty (415 Myrtle Ave., ...

Jeff Skaife invited his friends over for dinner with one rule: They had to tell the truth. How'd the food taste? Bringing out one bun after the next, Skaife handed them notecards to write comments and ...

Homemade bao buns can be steamed in a traditional bamboo vessel, or in a more common metal steamer. E. Jason Wambsgans CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS If you’ve ever ordered Peking duck at a Chinese restaurant, ...

Andrea Nguyen, a food writer from Santa Cruz, California, is seeing a lot of culinary crossover with bao. In her 2014 cookbook, “The Banh Mi Handbook,” she pointed to Chicago’s Saigon Sisters ...