Buckwheat is cultivated in as different countries as Russia, Japan, France and Brazil. Japanese soba noodles and soba shochu, Russian blini гречневая каша, French “gallettes”…
Throwing away pastry is not something I am happy to do, and yet I did it many times. The cakes I was offered and which…
Tempura (天ぷら), batter-coated deep-frying, belongs to “agemono (揚げ物)”, or Japanese deep-frying methods. Tempura is used with different vegetables, mushrooms, seafood and fish and the resulting…
Mint is not the herb I often use in the kitchen, and yet I buy it sometimes when I simply cannot resist its fresh,…
Usually when the lamb season starts, I start enjoying it by grilling lamb chops. However, since it has been quite cold for over a week…
I know in the spring I should normally start craving light green salads, raw vegetables, grilled fish… but what can I do if one day…
As a continuation of the Primary Dashi recipe I posted last week this post will be a very short one. As a quick reminder, dashi…
Ramsons, wild garlic, buckrams, bear’s garlic, bear paw garlic… (Allium Ursinum) is a wild, wide-leaved plant with a very distinct garlic scent and apparently a…
Dashi (出し) is the Japanese word meaning more or less “stock”. However dashi cannot be compared to the Western countries’ stock’s concept. Dashi is THE cornerstone…
I would like to proudly announce my accomplishment of gerbeaud, the very first layered cake in my life and one of the monuments of the…