Fried Rice
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Dishes, Uncategorized | 5 Comments »Leftover rice, how I love thee! I almost never tire of taking leftover rice and making something tasty with it. And because I know this about myself, when I make rice as part of dinner I tend to make a ...
Anisey Blast Fish Soup
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Dishes | 3 Comments »My seafood-loving friend Dave came over to celebrate his birthday, so I made him this soup. It's a breakaway fish soup, everything that's great about bouillabaisse, with little of the fuss, plus three blasts of anise: Pernod, fresh fennel bulb, ...
Umami Lasagna
Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in Dishes | 11 Comments »You may well be getting tired of me titling things "umami blah blah," but please be gracious and allow me to tell you about this umami-packed almost-vegetarian pasta-less lasagna. It all started with a huge pile of baby bella mushrooms (more ...
Lemongrass Pasta Salad
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in Cooking ideas, Dishes | 2 Comments »About a year ago I discovered lemongrass in a tube. It's made in Australia by an outfit called Gourmet Garden, and they sell it in Safeway. I'm not crazy about their other products, and I don't like everything about this ...
Umami Beef Jerky
Friday, March 14th, 2008 Posted in Dishes | 7 Comments »I've been working on a beef jerky recipe for a while, since I bought my dehydrator several years ago. My best jerky to date was a galangal-infused batch -- gingery and tropical and really good -- but I think I ...
Mushroom Baked Tofu
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 Posted in Dishes | 3 Comments »A cake of soft tofu almost always lives in my fridge. The expiration date on tofu is usually pretty forgiving, so I tend to get around to cooking it long after the more perishable ingredients of my fridge get used ...
Pickled Daikon
Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Dishes, Uncategorized | 4 Comments »I've been trying to score a bucket of rice bran to make real takuan (Japanese pickled daikon), but the two beautiful daikon I picked up at the farmers' market weren't about to patiently wait around for me, so I made ...
Weekday Lunch: Spicy Eggs and Leeks
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted in Dishes | 1 Comment »This lunch is so typical for me I thought I might share it; it's a good illustration of how easy it is to make something from nothing in almost no time flat. It tastes great and is pretty healthy. A quick ...
Mashed Ginger Sweet Potatoes
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in Dishes | 4 Comments »Yes, we've had glorious weather the past week, but I still like my roasted sweet potatoes. There's something about the smell of them in the oven, so different from regular roasting potatoes, with the caramely sugary almost-burnt notes filling up ...
Raw Kale Herb Pesto
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Dishes | 4 Comments »raw kale fresh coriander/cilantro fresh parsley really nice olive oil greek yogurt umami salt freshly ground peppercorns homemade plum jam It's the usual formula for an innovative meal: snarling stomach, very little in the fridge. But I did have all of the above, and felt like pasta, so ...
