Archive for the ‘Pizza’ Category
Ginger Root Pizza
28Sep09
Ginger Root (Zingiber officinale, or “Shoh-ga” in Japanese) appears in Japanese cuisine in many forms, but I’d always thought of it as an ingredient that worked its magic in the background, seldom– if ever– in the foreground of a dish, and certainly not as the star of the show. My awareness of ginger root began [...]
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Tags: garlic, ginger root, mozzarella, pesto, pork butt, shiitake
ROE playing games
27Sep09
I did not love fish roe in my childhood. I came to love it many many years later, while living in Osaka, where I had abundant opportunity to eat things my mother had never, in her wildest dreams, thought to feed me. In Osaka I learned to enjoy roe of all colors, tastes, and textures, [...]
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Tags: avocado, buckwheat, fish roe, shiso, smoked salmon, soba
My Wagashi Chronicles- moon-viewing festival (more rabbit manju)The Tsuki-mi (moon viewing) celebration is fast approaching, and while debating whether to bother making a pile of the traditional tsuki-mi dango (moon viewing dumplings), I came across these adorable rabbit-shaped steamed manju being promoted as an alternative treat for the occasion. In the Japanese mind, rabbits are closely associated with the moon, as it […]
- moon-viewing festival (more rabbit manju)
- Dosankodebbie’s Etegami Notebook
- illustration friday (hurry)"Hurry," in Curling terminology, is a command shouted by the skip to tell the sweepers to sweep harder and faster-- in other words, it's used much the same way it's used in ordinary conversation. But Curling is cooler than ordinary conversation. That's my opinion, but you agree, don't you? Of course, you do.Just.in.Case.You […]
- illustration friday (hurry)
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