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Osechi Ryori (Japanese New Year’s Food)

January 2, 2010
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I’ve written about Japanese New Year’s traditions and I’ve even posted some typical Japanese New Year’s dishes. But this year I decided to go whole hog and make an Osechi Jubako from scratch.
You’d think after my recent ramen post (which was nearly a decade in the making), I’d be done with insanely time consuming [...]

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Kabocha Pumpkin Cream Cake

December 13, 2009
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Regular readers will know that I don’t bake. You also know that I am incurably lazy in the kitchen and can’t be bothered to follow complicated recipes. That’s why I was both honored and mortified when Emily Fleischaker from Bon Appetit invited me to a Holiday Bake-Off at the Conde-Nast offices in Times Square.
As [...]

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Warm Eggnog Recipe

November 26, 2009
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Eggnog is one of those much maligned holiday traditions, taking it’s place right alongside jewel speckled fruitcakes and mincemeat pie. Being a lover of eggs, sugar and cream, I never quite got why people hate it so much, but it’s popularity seems to have waned even further in recent years due to food safety concerns [...]

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Fish Veracruz (Pescado Veracruzana)

September 20, 2009
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Pescado a la Veracruzana or fish in the style of Veracruz is a simple dish that comes together in under 30 minutes and works with almost any type of fish. Despite its uncomplicated preparation it’s one of those perfect dishes that is light, yet full of flavour, while festive enough to serve to dinner guests. [...]

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August Dinner and a Movie Roundup

September 9, 2009
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Okay, so it’s two weeks late, but there wasn’t much of a turn out this month and I’ve decided to make this my last Dinner and a Movie. Hopefully my co-host Susan will pick up the torch and run with it because it has a lot of potential. I’ve been working on a more personally [...]

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California Roll

September 4, 2009
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California Rolls were invented in the late sixties by an creative sushi chef in Los Angeles who was lamenting the lack of sushi grade fish at the time. The avocado approximates the rich creaminess of toro (tuna belly) while the use of crab is a nod to the abundance of Dungeness Crab along the left [...]

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Dinner and a Movie: Wallstreet

July 25, 2009
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Dinner and a Movie, is a monthly food event which I co-host with Susan from Sticky Gooey Creamy Chewy. Each month, one of us picks a theme movie for the month. To participate, just watch it, cook something inspired by it and share your creation with the rest of us.
This month, I decided to [...]

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How to Make Tortillas

July 23, 2009
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Corn tortillas or tortillas de maíz are a type of Mexican flatbread eaten by themselves or used to make tacos, enchiladas and quesadillas. They are great for dipping, scooping and wrapping just about any kind of food and it’s easy to make tortillas at home.
People always look at me like I have “m a s [...]

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