i hope you eat good food, grow beautiful things, and have more love than you know what to do with.
My hot peppers are in full swing which means I’ve collected quite a bit of them. While I’ve been giving them away to friends and family, I’ve also been dreaming of making hot sauce for those cold winter months to come. I came up with …
I had been craving ganjang gejang (Korean marinated raw crabs) and I could not, for the life of me, get my hands on ANY. I went to four of my local fishmongers and none of them had them, went to the Asian supermarket, none were …
This is a recipe featuring fishmint (Houttuynia cordata), also known as the chameleon plant, or yu xin cao. I grow it in my garden, having gotten a bit from my parents since it’s an attractive ground cover. It’s used often in southern Chinese and Vietnamese …
As my ducks egg-laying season gets off to a late but present start, I’m treating myself to my favorite way of eating eggs–namely, the yolk, and always raw. This one is different from my single-side sear short rib donburi in that you can use thinly …
I’ve been meaning to make a post about this particular dish but I find myself always finishing it before taking a picture. This is a nostalgic childhood dish–my mom would make a huge pot of it during chilly days, and we’d immediately recognize the fragrant, …
I feel like I’ve mentioned often how much I absolutely adore sea urchin. While I most often meet it in the sushi restaurant, occasionally I’ll purchase it from the Asian grocery store if it’s available. While I have prepared it in other ways, including pasta, …
I didn’t think there could be a better way to eat raw crabs other than the spicy variety–but I was wrong. I’ve never actually had the soy sauce marinated version, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I think a part of me thought that …
It’s midwinter and I was suddenly hit with the craving for raw marinated crabs. Don’t ask me why but my appetite told me I needed to get me some of that delicious and succulent sweet treat or else I wasn’t going to be in a …
This milk colored broth pairs perfectly with a black earthenware bowl. I used the black to show the contrast of how white the soup is. I found that in order to make it extremely rich and flavorful, I baby it over a rolling boil with …
