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Fall

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.
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Braised Lamb Shanks in Cranberry

December 7, 2009
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Winter has officially arrived in NYC and I had to detour into the local zoo Century 21 on my way to Whole Foods to pick up some leather gloves today. Despite ranking up there along with crowded department stores on the things I like least about New York, cold weather is the perfect excuse to [...]

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Matsutake Gohan Recipe

November 29, 2009
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Matsutake gohan (松茸ご飯) or pine mushroom rice is a uniquely fragrant fall delicacy that embodies the essence of Japanese cuisine. It’s simplicity belies the depth of complex flavours that come together in this luxurious bowl of rice and it heralds the coming of fall.
In traditional Japanese food, the seasons play a huge part [...]

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Best Chicken Soup

September 28, 2009
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I know this is a mighty lofty thing to say about a humble soup I came up with while sick, but sniffles or not, this is the best chicken soup recipe… ever! There, I said it, because if ever there was something to stake my reputation on, this here chicken soup would be it, and [...]

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Pomegranate Poached Pears

January 6, 2009
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Pomegranate poached pears with vanilla ice cream.
I’m back from my whirlwind trip to Japan and Korea and am bursting at the seams (it could also have something to do with the 5+ daily meals I consumed) to try out over a dozen dishes I came up with while away from the kitchen and this blog. [...]

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Simmered Saury and Daikon (Sanma No Nitsuke)

December 17, 2008
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If you haven’t noticed I’ve been on a bit of a meat kick lately. I wanted to balance things out a bit so I made this nitsuke with some Sanma I had in the freezer.
Sanma or Pacific Saury is a long needle nosed fish with a shiny blue-tinted skin which puts it in a [...]

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Apple Pomegranate Borek

December 10, 2008
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I’ve been pushing the boundaries of my culinary knowledge with my kitchen experiments this week, this has resulted in some successes but a lot of failures as well. This one, while not wildy imaginative, was incredibly delicious and if you can look past the butter, it’s not terribly bad for you either.
Think of it [...]

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Cinnamon Harissa Turkey

December 6, 2008
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Last Thanksgiving post! This turkey was part of my West Asian Thanksgiving dinner. I wanted to serve it without gravy, so I gave it a good dose of spice to make up for the lack of sauce.
I know what you’re thinking, and I agree. Gravy is the best part of Thanksgiving, but I just [...]

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