i hope you eat good food, grow beautiful things, and have more love than you know what to do with.
As I scour the internet for recipes on Akebia shoots, the thin, curling new vines that sprout each spring from last year’s now woody growth, the only thing that I can find is anecdotal evidence of the Japanese eating it as fresh greens, especially in …
Spring is here, which means my ducks have started laying in earnest. 7 of the eggs have gone into the incubator to replenish my flock, but I’m still looking at a good amount of eggs from my remaining 3. I’ve made mini soft boiled ramen …
The Covid-19 situation on Long Island has gotten to the point where my husband is now working from home, and my daughter’s school is closed for the next week. We also closed down the dojo for the next two weeks to give our medical infrastructure …
There are a few negi miso recipes out there, including a really simple one I use in my yellowtail collar (Hamachi Kama) recipe and shortrib donburi recipe, using just miso and chopped negi scallions. It retains the bite of the scallions since it uses raw …
I’ve been meaning to get this recipe up but it kept slipping my mind. I wasn’t able to taste test it until a month and a half after making it. Salted duck eggs are a traditional Chinese dish that preserves the eggs in a salt …
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, …