Lemon Dill Skordalia

Lemon Dill Skordalia

There’s a Greek restaurant near me that makes an absolutely delectable charcoal octopus, tender and grilled to perfection. They usually serve it with a side of vegetables and some lemon potatoes. I don’t always finish the lemon potatoes, so rather than letting it go to 

Roasted Garlic Babaganoush

Roasted Garlic Babaganoush

I got my last box of ugly produce this past week as my garden has sprung to life and I won’t be needing their services until winter. I received two eggplants in it and while I do like eggplants, for busy weeks it’s one of 

Luo Song Tang – Chinese Style Oxtail Stew

Luo Song Tang – Chinese Style Oxtail Stew

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, 

Wild Black Trumpet Butter and Radish Toast Points

Wild Black Trumpet Butter and Radish Toast Points

With the abundance of radishes in my Misfit Market box (read my review here), I started to think of creative ways to use them up. I just so happen to still have two mason jars full of dried black trumpets from last year’s mushroom foraging 

Radish With Homemade Lemon Herb Butter

Radish With Homemade Lemon Herb Butter

I am often at a loss as to what to do with radishes–after soups, salads, and pickles, any extra ones seem more like a peppery curse than they do a boon. But I got a bag of them in this week’s Misfit Market box and 

Okra Miso

Okra Miso

I don’t have butterbur where I am, which is where the original recipe, fuki-miso or bakke-miso, comes from. It’s a wild sansai that is foraged during the spring in Japan. It’s delicious over a hot bowl of white rice, topped with a creamy egg yolk. 

Three Egg Sisters (Butter Uni Miso Sauce, Ikura, Egg Yolk Over Rice)

Three Egg Sisters (Butter Uni Miso Sauce, Ikura, Egg Yolk Over Rice)

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, 

Korean Raw Crabs Marinated In Soy Sauce (Ganjang-Gejang)

Korean Raw Crabs Marinated In Soy Sauce (Ganjang-Gejang)

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 

Korean Spicy Marinated Raw Crab

Korean Spicy Marinated Raw Crab

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 

Seolleongtang (Korean Ox Bone Soup)

Seolleongtang (Korean Ox Bone Soup)

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