As you might have guessed by this second appearance of asparagus in one week, this is one of my favourite vegetables. Its season is quite…
Chawan mushi is a perfect representative of these comforting, universally enjoyable dishes, which are hardly known in Europe and which surprise all those who still…
Wonton Cups, or Edible Snack Containers Zsuzsa, my blogging friend from Zsuzsa is in the Kitchen, has recently invited me to join her and other…
The last couple of days have been so warm and sunny, I don’t even care if they announce snow for next week. Spring is in…
Japanese cuisine can be divided roughly into washoku 和食, traditional Japanese food, and yoshoku 洋食, which defines dishes inspired by Western cuisines. Unsurprisingly, the former is…
I am always drawn to poetic dish names, so rare in European cuisines. Doesn’t Wind in the Pines (Toriniku Matsukaze-yaki, 鶏肉松風焼き) sound incomparably better than Chicken…
Drying fruits, vegetables and mushrooms is not only a way of preserving them. First of all, they have a different use in the kitchen and…
If you don’t know okonomiyaki yet (I have written about it here and here), I will repeat what I have said in one of my…
When I try to explain, for the hundredth time, that sushi is not the daily fare of the huge majority of the Japanese and that…
Fried rice is the most extraordinary leftover meal I can imagine. It’s easy, quick, versatile and it often tastes better than the meal for which…