i hope you eat good food, grow beautiful things, and have more love than you know what to do with.
You all knew this one was coming–one can’t find a windfall of maitake and not make tempura with it. Maitake mushrooms, once what moisture was within it evaporates during the frying process, holds the crunch of the panko very well. It also retains its texture …
Daylily flower buds are currently in season and the hot weather made me crave something fragrant as to awaken the appetite. While it might seem counter-intuitive, a Thai green curry is a creative way to use up the buds I collected from the garden. These …
I had been meaning to make pork dumplings with hairy bittercress for a while and called my mom to ask what she usually adds to hers, but in talking to her, she said if I have any leftover gelatin based broth, I can add it …
Now that spring is officially here, in general, the only things I usually buy from the store, when I do go, are meat and dairy products (sometimes grain/flour as well, but I buy rice in bulk and bake my own bread so that’s an every …
I’m currently reveling in the hosta shoots that are coming up–another two weeks and they’ll be too tough and bitter to eat and then I’ll have to wait until the flower buds come in. Right now they’re deliciously tender and mild, perfect for skewering and …
It’s spring and my hostas are starting to come up. This means hosta shoots galore. With a flavor and texture like artichokes, they are absolutely delicious as tempura, which is what I made today for lunch. You might feel weird eating something you’d thought of …
If you don’t like natto, you could most likely skip this post, but if you do, then this wouldn’t be too out of your depth. This is something out of my childhood and my ancestral province of Sze Chuan. I used black soybeans but traditionally, …
There is an answer to a question that I had been asking myself for the better part of this week: Can I make… Pizza taiyaki? The answer is, apparently, yes. Yes I can. I was baking bread today and figured I could take some of …
This is a simple lunch or dinner you could make that reheats well as leftovers for lunch the next day! I like this dish with thinly sliced pork belly, but if you can’t get that, thinly sliced pork loins work too. You can top it …
What is the most dangerous thing you bought for your kitchen this year? For me, it’s my taiyaki pan. It’s clearly one of the most dangerous things in my arsenal because of all the insane things I could make with it. Here’s a recipe for …