On the eleven hour flight from San Francisco to Narita, I got deep into reading The Story of Sushi, a narrative of a sushi school in California interspersed with the science of fish and the history of sushi as it developed in Japan. A good deal of the book focuses on Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish [...]
I’m warning you now: this is going to be an epically long post. It hasn’t even been a month since I’ve returned from Japan but I’m already missing it. I spent a week between Tokyo and Kyoto with my sister Melody in December and only wish that I had a few extra weeks to spare. [...]
At any given time, I’m probably craving Korean food. It’s just one of those cuisines that I can’t get enough of. Unfortunately, Korean food is hard to come by if you happen to be outside of the East Bay or San Francisco. All of my favorite Korean restaurants are in Oakland, but when I recently [...]
Even though it’s been all the rage during the last few years, I’ve never been a big fan of New American cuisine. Many of my experiences at New American restaurants have been disappointing and tinged with too much pretension, so I was a little apprehensive when I tried out Astaria in San Mateo’s downtown a [...]
Sometimes, the best dishes are the most simple. For the new year, I’ve decided to go back to basics, focusing on good quality ingredients designed to showcase the best of what’s available and most seasonally appropriate.
This pasta and chickpeas soup dish, adapted from a Jamie Oliver recipe, fits the bill perfectly. Chickpeas (also called [...]