Playing with Food

17Aug09

If you read many cooking blogs, you’ve seen pictures of food that look as though the photographer were in a galley of a small boat in a violent storm. I imagine the plate sliding up one side, down, and over in the opposite direction; oh, my stomach is queasy. It’s possible that no one will enjoy that food before it slides off the plate! All for the sake of “~art~”

These chilled noodles were light and refreshing,
and I’m sure you will enjoy…
eating them, and
my forray into ~art~

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Summer Noodles: Hiyashi Chuka Soba

05Jul09

It’s summer, and that means refreshing chilled noodles—just as it did last year! My advice is to make twice as much sauce and keep it in the fridge for spur of the moment meals. It will keep for several days in the refrigerator. And if you have a variety of vegetables and some sort of protein, all you have to do is cook and rinse the ramen noodles.

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Chuka Soba that tastes like more…

21Jun09

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This recipe is a favorite of mine. I’ve posted it before, with a much more charming introduction than now, so if you are fond of stories, go have a look. But I want to call attention to the recipe again for the pleasure of my readers, and this format may be more reader friendly. I’ve [...]

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Tags: chuka soba, Japanese Cooking

Sesame Noodles: an old favorite

06Jun09

This is a recipe I posted almost a year ago, but it’s one that deserves a second look. It is a delicious version of the very popular “sesame noodles” found in many U.S. restaurants and salad bars inside “fancy” food stores, on many food blogs, and from several different cultures. This version is light and spicy—a full meal with vegetables and protein of your choice.

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Tags: hiyashi chuka soba, Japanese Cooking

Cooking Technique: Ramen

16Jan09

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Ramen

Ramen is a whole category of food that is essentially a Japanese dish of noodles in hot broth, topped with vegetables and meat. Japanese ramen can be differentiated by the flavor-base of the broth: shio ramen (salt flavored soup), shoyu ramen (soy sauce flavored soup), tonkotsu ramen (pork [...]

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