Chicken Yakitori
As much as I love them macarons, I have to eat real food sometimes. It’s not that I’m slammed with orders all the time but switching from a sweet to savory kitchen and back again can be tedious what with cleaning and sterilizing work areas. I try to bake early in the morning so [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Appetizers'
Yes Virginia, there’s more to Japanese food than Sushi
August 18th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Appetizers, Local Food Musings, Main Courses
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Fried Chicken? Yes, please.
March 28th, 2010 · 25 Comments · Appetizers, Main Courses, Main Dishes
Fried Chicken Lollipops
I know the sweet stuff has been missing from the blog for a while. I had been on an Asian food kick lately and my cravings didn’t seem to include cakes, pies or cookies. Chocolate is the exception, that’s a whole different food group in my universe, and having a little square of [...]
The Beauty of an Egg
March 25th, 2010 · 19 Comments · Appetizers, Main Dishes
Chinese Tea Egg
The egg is a marvel of nature. If there was a superhero of the food world it would be the egg. What can it not do? I have waxed poetic about this simple orb before, so if you want to read about my treatise to the egg, go here.
In it’s plainest form, [...]
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Egg Roll Madness
October 18th, 2009 · 30 Comments · Appetizers, Main Courses
Egg rolls!
Some cooking activities are more fun when done with a group of friends. One of these activities is making egg rolls. The process of chopping the vegetables and forming the egg rolls can be tedious if done alone. With company though, it can be leisurely time spent in the kitchen catching up with news [...]
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My 1st Washoku Warrior Challenge – Gyoza!
August 14th, 2009 · 27 Comments · Appetizers, Main Dishes
Wafu-gyoza
I love dumplings. I really do. But finding the time to make them seems close to impossible. The one time I made wantons were at a friend’s house. It’s always good to make them with a couple of friends since we Asians tend to make a ton of these things at a time and looking [...]
Celebrating Julia
August 5th, 2007 · 16 Comments · Appetizers, Main Courses
I’m one of the few food-loving folks who did not grow up watching Julia Child though I have known that her name was synonymous for bringing French Cuisine into the American household. Last year, in my search for culinary enlightenment,…
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The Ultimate First Course
April 2nd, 2007 · 28 Comments · Appetizers
Last December I was in a cookbook-buying frenzy. A lot of fellow food bloggers would post their must-have cookbooks on their blog and I would eagerly check them out. More often than not, most books on their list ended up…
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Foie Gras in Blackberry Sauce
December 3rd, 2006 · 14 Comments · Appetizers, Duck
I got alarmed when I read Michael Ruhlman’s piece on MegNut’s site about a certain politician wanting to pass a bill to ban the sale of foie gras in New Jersey (it’s already banned in Chicago). I hope such idiotic…
Apple Rutabaga Soup
November 10th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Appetizers
About two years ago, the “hungry” hubby and I attended an eight-course dinner in honor of Patrick O’ Connell, chef proprietor of the “Inn at Little Washington”. The idea was that eight local chefs were each to prepare a dish…
Fig-uring it out
September 18th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Appetizers
I was leafing through this yummy book, “Dishing with Style” by Rori Travato last Saturday, wondering what I could cook up with what I have available in the refrigerator. I found a simple yet wonderful recipe involving figs. When I…
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