I eat so many Asian noodle dishes that it’s practically become a comfort food for me. There’s nothing a good bowl of Vietnamese bun or Malaysian laksa can’t fix. I made this quick noodle salad when I was craving something fresh and spicy:
I made clams steamed with white wine and tomatoes in the same week [...]
I first encountered hearts of palm at Pampas Grill, a Brazilian churrascaria in the Farmers Market in Los Angeles a couple of years ago. I have no idea how I’d gone so long without coming across the vegetable, but it’s been a favorite ever since then. I used them in making what is now one [...]
It’s almost November, but I’m still posting about summer food! I made these two fusion-friendly dishes back in August:
Soba Noodle Salad with Steak and Mint
Edamame Ravioli with Shiitake Mushrooms
Here’s the recipe for the salad:
1 package buckwheat soba noodles
1 pound thinly sliced steak (I buy the kind reserved for shabu shabu or bulgogi at the Asian [...]
After a whirlwind of a week, I can finally sit down again and post. Summer is over, but I made these dishes during warmer weather when all I was craving was salads and cool entrees:
Crab and mango salad
Sliced Tomatoes Tonnato
Black Sticky Rice Pudding
Here’s the recipe for the pudding:
2 cups black sticky rice
3 cups water
2 cups [...]
On our last full day in Mexico, we decided to take it easy. We’d been running around pretty hard for most of the trip, trying to pack in as much as possible, so we figured one day of rest was well-deserved. After stopping at Xocodiva to buy some chocolates as gifts to take back (we [...]