A new year means another 365 (minus 7, 8, 9, 10, tick tock, tick tock) days of eating. There’s a world of food and flavors out there that my taste buds are eager to discover. What foods/dishes are on your list to eat and/or cook in 2017? You probably didn’t think twice before reaching for the … Continue Reading
Am always on the hunt for new flavors and dishes (at least ones that are new to me). So, upon stumbling across Okonomiyaki, a Japanese savory pancake of sorts, I was immediately intrigued. Okonomiyaki translates into “grill as you like” — okonomi (“as you like” or “what you wish”) and yaki (“grill”). Traditionally, okonomiyaki are prepared on Japanese … Continue Reading
On any given day, ideas for dinner at our place typically evolve as follows (you would think I had it all planned out ahead of time, but that is rarely the case): [via text message] me: Dinner ideas??? p: salmon (if it were up to Patrick, we would have salmon, in one form or another, … Continue Reading
This is a simple little salad that I was turned on to a few weeks ago at a Japanese restaurant in Brooklyn, NY. By looks alone, it — kinpira gobo (braised burdock root) — might not seem all that impressive. However, there’s more to this salad than meets the eye. Let your taste buds be the … Continue Reading
This is a quick post and a follow-up from my last one: smoked salmon onigiri. These delicious, tasty little snacks — onigiri…have you tried (making) them? To lend the onigiri a bit more flavor, I added a dry seasoning mix, furikake, to the rice. My version of furikake includes toasted sesame seeds (black and … Continue Reading
