We used to have a small raised vegetable patch in our backyard. First we could grow nice tomatoes but it got too shady because the trees wer...

When I posted the  crab cake , I promised a  soft shell crab  tempura. It must be getting into summer since my wife found live soft shell c...

Last time I made " Browned crispy rice with Parmesan cheese ", I longed for more authentic Japanese flavors like I remember from ...

(from http://www.top-hotels-restaurants.com/files/morimoto-restaurant/5.jpg) We finally made an excursion over the weekend to dine &q...

This is another example of "shime" 締め or 〆, an ending dish. I just made simple rice porridge using leftover cooked rice. I ...

Japanese like this salty, semi-dried tiny hatchling fish called "shirasu" シラス or "chirimen jako" 縮緬雑魚. The difference be...

This is a variation of serving duck breast and similar to the one in Mark's book p143 . I made some modifications to most traditional wa...