Recipe Testing: Sesame Wow Greens

Here’s another vegan recipe I tested for Terry Hope Romano’s upcoming international cookbook. So far, I’ve tried her fresh noodle soup in sesame miso broth, ginger marinated cucumbers, pumpkin potato panko cutlets, as well as her spicy kale coconut relish. This time I tested another one of her Japanese-inspired dishes – oshitashi, a Japanese spinach [...]

Kombu Enoki Tsukudani, A Simmered Dish

Kombu is kind of edible kelp that’s commonly used in Japanese cooking for making dash, a basic soup stock for things like miso soup, ramen, hot pot, and other simmered dishes. Kombo is often sold dried, in thick strips. One or two strips of dried kombu is placed into cold water and then heated to [...]

Arborio rice in artichoke tea

I have been meaning to try this for a while – to cook rice with tea. Usually, I cook rice with water in a rice cooker. Sometimes, I would use a chicken or veggie broth to give the rice some addition flavor, but I don’t think I have used any other liquid base before. I [...]

Vietnamese Steamed Meatloaf

There was about a half pound of ground pork in the freezer. It was wrapped in plastic inside a quart-size freezer bag. I checked. No signs of freezer burn. I thought about what I can make with the ground pork. One thing came to mind… Vietnamese steamed meatloaf (cha trung hap). This dish is often [...]