"A recipe for dashi can be as simple as water and kelp, but adding bonito makes the dashi more complex and complete." Kelp in a pot. [Photographs: Chichi Wang] In Japanese cuisine, all roads lead back to dashi, the base...
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[Photograph: Tam Ngo] Speak to chef Tadashi Ono about this hot pot and he at once turns dreamy-eyed—its milky broth reminds him of lakes frozen over. Black cod, also known as sablefish, thrive in the frigid seas off Alaska...
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[Photographs: Tam Ngo] This week's Cook the Book recipes represent the ongoing research of the Japanese Hot Pots project—undertaken by Matsuri chef Tadashi Ono and journalist of all things Japanese Harris Salat. Last Christmas, I had the pleasure of...
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The following recipe is from the September 30 edition of our weekly recipe newsletter. To receive this newsletter in your inbox, sign up here! Kabocha is an all-around great squash. It's great looking, with its knobby forest green exterior and...
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"This was another hot pot that allegedly serves four but was easily devoured by two people—whose combined weight isn't even close to sumo-worthy." [Flickr: pyramis] Marathon runners carbo-load on giant plates of pasta before a big race. Weightlifters have been...
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You know that old adage, you can't judge a book by it's cover? Well, when it comes to cookbooks the rule might not be so hard and fast. Case in point, the stunning Salmon Hot Pot that graces the cover...
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[Flickr: gtrwndr87] Cook the Book keeps me on my toes, culinarily speaking. Each week, the featured cookbook dictates not only what I am going to cook but where I will do my food shopping. This week's Japanese Hot Pots...
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Shopping List 4 skinless, boneless chicken thighs (about 1 pound) - $3.29 1/2 pound green beans - $0.49 1 large cucumber - $0.55 1 lemon - $0.50 Small knob ginger - $0.25 24 ounces vegetable oil - $2.49 Pantry...
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"Finally, these were the noodles of my dreams, noodles with the kind of the flexible yet creamy strands that I had only ever tasted with homemade Italian pasta." Note: Every week, SE intern Chichi Wang will be discussing some aspect...
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Note: Every week, SE intern Chichi Wang will be discussing some aspect of Asian cookery, with an emphasis on the traditional, underappreciated, or misunderstood elements thereof. "While I'm amenable to the idea that somewhere out there, someone is baking one...
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