Dashi (Japanese Soup Stock)

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Dashi (along with soy sauce, miso, and mirin) is one of the four cornerstones of Japanese cuisine. Given the simple, understated nature of many Japanese dishes, good dashi is what sets apart bland salty water from a deeply nuanced miso soup. While the ingredients used to make dashi varies regionally, the most basic dashi used [...]

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Miso Glazed Cod

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Popularized by Nobu Matsuhisa in his eponymous restaurant, Black Cod with Miso has become an instant classic associated with Japanese food. The irony is that black cod (or more accurately Sablefish), is not native to the waters around Japan and is imported from the US and Canada. In Japanese cuisine, “gindara” (銀鱈) or silver cod, [...]

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Sweet Potato Leek Soup

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Blu-rays are better than VHS, smartphones are better than rotary phones and refridgerators are better than iceboxes. While there will always be a place for the classics amongst aficionados and nostalgists, cuisine much like technology marches on. This week over at PBS Food, I’ve updated Potage Parmentier by adding more flavor while eliminating the dairy [...]

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Preserved Lemons

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As far as citrus is concerned, Meyer Lemons are at the top of my list of favorites. Unfortunately due to a short shelf-life and thin, easily damaged skin, it’s rare to find them outside areas where they are grown; and yet there they were, nestled between the apples and oranges, a bin full of plump [...]

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Vegan Mango Pudding

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I am not vegan, and probably never will be. But that doesn’t mean I see anything wrong with omitting dairy, eggs and meat if it doesn’t come at the cost of taste. While using tofu instead of cream and eggs to make a mango pudding is not going taste exactly the same, it does come [...]

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Best Lasagne

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Growing up, in a Japanese-American household, we had an interesting mix of foods that graced our dinner table. It’s only after I left home that I came to recognize them as comfort foods. Mac and Cheese didn’t make the list, but Japanese Curry and Spaghetti with Meat Sauce were some regulars. Lasagne is another classic [...]

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Nutrition facts at Edamam

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I know nutrition facts for our recipes is something that many of you have asked for. While I still haven’t figure out a good way to implement them on this site, Edamam is a great resource to check out the nutrition facts for every recipe I publish. They break down the nutrition information visually so [...]

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Seaweed Salad

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Most store-bought seaweed salads are loaded with food coloring, preservatives and MSG, that’s why I like making mine from scratch. Given how easy it is to make, I’m not really sure why anyone would opt to buy it pre-made. Finding the dried seaweed can be a bit of a challenge, but it’s available on Amazon, [...]

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