Potatoes & Clams in Bacon Dashi
bacon dashi with potatoes & clams The photo of the bacon dashi with potatoes and clams is probably my least favourite photo in the whole book. It’s not photographer Gabriele Stabile’s fault. It’s...
View ArticleTraditional Dashi
Traditional dashi used to make miso soup Dashi is to Japanese cooking what butter is to French. A cornerstone of Japanese cooking, dashi is found in almost all soups, simmered dishes, salad dressings...
View ArticleBay Scallops with Dashi, Chive Oil and Pineapple
Chang mentions that finding bay scallops in the shell “can be tough even for a restaurant with a reliable fishmonger on speed dial.” He also mentions that you can substitute scallops in the shell for...
View ArticleAgedashi Tofu Recipe
My brother loves tofu. We used to have a running family joke that he would have to marry a tofu maker to satisfy his tofu cravings. He didn’t end up marrying a tofu-tiere, but his wife likes tofu well...
View ArticleBacon Dashi Gravy Poutine Recipe
With its squeaky cheese curds and crispy golden french fries doused in hot gravy, poutine is a deliciously Canadian mess of flavours and textures. I eat poutine more than I should; it’s a...
View ArticleChicken Katsu-Oyakodon Recipe
There was a time in my life when I ate oyakodons for lunch every day. I didn’t get sick of them, in fact, the more I ate them, the more I craved them. I would be in a lecture, (not) listening to the...
View ArticleChawan Mushi Recipe
Savoury steamed egg custards are fairly common in Asian cuisine: the Chinese have steamed eggs; the Koreans have gaeran jim; and the Japanese have chawan mushi. All three dishes are similar in...
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