Daikon Fettuccine
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in Cooking ideas | 10 Comments »Browsing through Morimoto's book -- I will be reviewing this book soon -- I was intrigued with his idea of using a vegetable peeler to peel off long strips of daikon to use as "fettucine." They really DO look like ...
The All-New Wall of Spices!
Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Admin | 14 Comments »Some exciting breakaway news: we moved! To Marin county (just north of SF), into an older house with lots of sweet Japanese-ish touches. It needs lots of love and attention, and the kitchen needs some serious rethinking, but I'm ecstatic ...
More Salts
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Cooking ideas | 11 Comments »I recently made some salts for the school auction of a friend. From the left: matcha, dried tangerine, smoked paprika, lavender, and umami. Now, if I only had some good labels! Any designers out there who want to give it ...
Hangtown Fry, Breakaway Style
Thursday, July 10th, 2008 Posted in Cooking ideas | 5 Comments »Has anyone outside the SF bay area heard of a hangtown fry? It’s an oddly compelling yet not very intuitive dish loaded with the richness of eggs, cream, oysters, and bacon. It’s a somewhat bizarre combination, one that cries out ...
A Great Week of Local Cooking (and Eating)
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Cooking ideas, Media related | 1 Comment »I had a blast cooking at the Marin County Fair. The Marin Farmers Market "paired" me with a different farmer or rancher each day for five days straight, and my job was to make an innovative dish out of whatever ...
Thyme, Cranberry, Tomato Chicken
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Cooking ideas | 5 Comments »Chicken is a lot like tofu: one can just keep dreaming up new ways to cook it. My typical modus operandi -- perusing the pantry and fridge and pulling out whatever needs using up -- was in full play on ...
Not Sure Which Fish Is Sustainable?
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Cooking ideas | 3 Comments »The good folks at the Monterey Bay Aquarium have performed a great service to people out shopping for fish who don't have all the unsustainable fish memorized. From your smartphone just log on to seafoodwatch.org and you'll be directed to ...
