Note: This entry also appeared at my friend Sherisa de Groot’s blog, L’élephant Rose. L’élephant Rose is a collection of jewelry designed by Sherisa, based in Amsterdam. It’s also the name of her blog about design, music, green living, food, and fashion. It’s eggplant season! Eggplant is ubiquitous in Iranian cuisine, and luckily for me, [...]
Note: This entry also appeared at my friend Sherisa de Groot’s blog, L’élephant Rose. L’élephant Rose is a collection of handmade jewelry designed by Sherisa, based in Amsterdam. It’s also the name of her blog about design process, music, green living, food, and fashion. Ever since I visited Japan two years ago, onigiri, small balls [...]
Every once in a while, I stumble upon a recipe that’s so good I end up making it time and time again. Chicken parmigiana may not be the fanciest dish, it may not be the most revolutionary, but it’s one of my favorite things to cook — and it’s one of my most requested. The [...]
I first stumbled upon mentaiko, or marinated cod roe, a few years ago at Nijiya Market in San Francisco, where a packet of the spicy, salty mentaiko sauce was on sale. Intrigued, I prepared it at home with spaghetti as the packet suggested, and I was hooked. Unfortunately, pre-packaged mentaiko sauce is loaded with preservatives [...]
The first time I tried okonomiyaki, I had just moved in with my new roommates for college, two of whom were from Japan: Sanae from Tokyo and Sanae from Osaka. Throughout the year, I was fortunate to learn to cook all kinds of regional dishes with them, many of which can be hard to find [...]