Whenever I need a quick appetizer or side to go with an Asian main course, I turn to cucumbers. These slick, crunchy workhorses of the kitchen are always reliable when you need that last-minute “something extra.” Sure, you can pickle cucumbers, jar them, and save them for the future, but my favorite way to eat [...]
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Miso Soup with Clams
Now that temperatures have been dipping into the 40s and low 50s at night, I’ve been making soups as often as I can. Sometimes they’re a one-dish meal, other times they’re just an appetizer. But even if the soup is just to whet my appetite for the main course, it helps to start your meal [...]
Green Tea Shortbread Cookies
There has been a lot baking around here for the past two weeks. And a lot of cookies laying around for consumption. While it’s always good to have cookies around your kitchen, the reason for all this baking has to do with an exciting new project — a Cookies from Around the World kit I’m developing [...]
Steak Teriyaki
For most of the country, summertime is the prime season for grilling up a juicy steak. Unfortunately, like 95% of New Yorkers, I don’t live in an apartment with outdoor space of any kind. But that’s not too much of a hindrance, since cooking steaks on the stovetop is often easier and quicker than on [...]
Japanese Beef and Rice Bowl
This Japanese Beef and Rice Bowl that I first made two years ago in San Francisco continues to be a standby weeknight dish. It’s a very simple recipe with a delicious sauce using sake, mirin, sesame oil, and soy sauce. In this updated recipe, the sauce has been improved, with a better consistency and deeper [...]
Sake-Steamed Clams
Around this time of year I start getting nostalgic for summers in Massachusetts. Well, certain aspects of summers in Massachusetts. I can do without the jam-packed subways every other day when there’s a Red Sox home game. And how loud and obnoxious the restaurants and bars in Back Bay get when fans spill out of [...]
Miso Ramen
Ramen is one of those dishes I find myself craving at least 3 or 4 times a week. Unfortunately, I live too far from a really good ramen place and can’t really satisfy those cravings other than making it myself. (Note to Ippudo: please open a Brooklyn location.) A quick and easy version to make, [...]
Japanese Braised Pork Belly
Since we’re now officially deep into winter, I’d like to re-share a recipe for Japanese pork belly, or buta no kakuni. Really, there are few things that are better on a cold day than a bubbling pot of braised pork belly and its aroma of of ginger, scallions, star anise, and sweetened soy sauce altogether. [...]
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