I came up with this for lunch one day. This is a left-over control dish. A few days ago since it is getting hot, we had cold “udon” pasta wi...

This was the second dish we made using shad roe. Since we like “tarako” pasta  たらこパスタ (using Japanese udon うどんnoodle), we decide to try “sha...

I made 4 different salads (not all on the same day) and had the 4 salads for lunch with a cold asparagus soup . We also had a small piece of...

The other day, we were taking inventory of our pantry and found boxes of couscous (classic and Israeli or pearled) as well as tabouleh all o...

We rarely have a surf-and-turf dinner but since it was Valentine’s  day, we decided to have a steak and lobster dinner. The filet mignon ca...

We tend to forget what food items we have especially those that are frozen or “hidden” in the back of the pantry. My wife found several boxe...

One day, all of a sudden, my wife asked if we still have wonton or gyoza skins. I said we had leftover gyoza skins frozen. I was not sure wh...

 I ordered fresh whole squid from Hmart via the Instacart. Since there was a minimum of 1 pound for the order so I specified 1.5 pound to be...

This was a lunch. Since we made pesto from our window sill basil harvest , we decided to use the pesto, prosciutto, which was getting old,  ...

This is continuation of my search for another way to cook pork tenderloins. A few days ago I used the trimmings from two pork tenderloins, I...

We like mushrooms in general (except for button mushrooms). Shiitake is our main stay. Occasionally we branch out to maitake 舞茸 or enoki えのき...

My sister-in-law gave me a cookbook called "Perfect Pairings"(special issue of "Food and Wine"). One weekend, my wife an...

After a great success of making spaetzle using our newly acquired spaetzle maker , my wife made this spinach spaetzle. (What's the old a...

When I made beef tongue stew , I mentioned to my wife in passing that spaetzle ( Spätzle ) may go well with it. So, one day when I was at wo...

When we barbecue chicken , we often bake potatoes. Since we had fairly large Russet potatoes, my wife just wrapped them in aluminum foil and...

This is a variation of cod roe spaghetti . We usually make this dish with thin Udon noodles うどん. After my wife got me a pasta machine, I hav...

My wife surprised me with a Valentine's day gift of an automatic pasta maker. I had made fresh pasta using a hand cranked pasta machine ...