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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Tags: hiyashi chuka soba

Sanuki Udon with Mushrooms and Atsuage

25Feb09

To go with the simmered mushrooms I made some udon. Another topping on my udon was atsuage, fried tofu or tofu cutlet.

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Frozen Udon

20Feb09

I ran out of rice the other day, and made a trip to the Japanese grocery store. It’s always fun to go there to just look around.

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Tags: Sanuki Udon

Seared Steak in Citrus Soy Marinade

28Jan09

To accompany the marinated mushrooms and cucumbers in spicy soy sauce, I made this interesting beef recipe from the Easy Japanese Pickling book. I’ll admit that this menu does not follow washoku tradition of using a variety of cooking methods since the meat and vegetables were all marinated, but there was indeed plenty of color: red, brown, green, white, and yellow. And there was a variety of flavors and textures.

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Tags: Japanese Cooking, Japanese Recipes, steak

Moon Viewing Noodles

27Sep08

Though I missed it this year, in Japan, Tsukimi is a festival honoring the first full moon of Autumn. I used a recipe in my book as a guide to making my own “moon-viewing noodles.” The original recipe—oyako udon—is a bowl of noodles topped with chicken and an egg; oyako means “parents and children”and the chicken is clearly the parent of the egg.

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Tags: Japanese Recipes, Menrui