ShareTweet I love sweet potatoes. I love them baked. I love them mashed with butter and crunchy flakes of salt. I love them in kielbasa stew and in hand pies. I love them forgotten to bathe in the fat of a slowly roasting chicken. But no matter how much you love something, no matter how much… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Asian Food
Beautiful Roast Duck with Crackling, Crispy Skin
ShareTweet How do you like your duck? I’ll take mine a number of ways. On the bone. Off the bone. Just the breast with a simple honey sauce. But if we’re talking about the whole duck, then I have to have it slow roasted until the skin is so crispy, sweet and glossy that it… Continue Reading
Sweet Asian Chicken Thighs Inspire Highly Inappropriate Thoughts
ShareTweet Chicken thighs are sexy. There’s just something about the eroticism of the word thigh, combined with the utterly boring blandness of chicken, that appeals to me. That probably makes me something of a degenerate, but it is what it is. Chicken thighs are sexy, especially when they’re slick with a sweet Asian glaze. This… Continue Reading
Tealightful Gift Basket Giveaway
ShareTweet I come from a family of passionate tea drinkers. My mother and sister like their tea sweet and milky. They start their day with a steaming cup, and go through another 2 or 3 throughout the day. My mother in law also loves tea, but she prefers hers to be fruity and fragrant, and… Continue Reading
Making Homemade Tuna Tartare Appetizer
ShareTweet Making tuna tartare is easy. Finding the right piece of fish to serve is the hard part. To be safe serving raw tuna, you have to get intimate with it to feel comfortable. No ordinary supermarket tuna will do. You need to know its story, to understand where it came from, how it was… Continue Reading
Skirt Steak with a Homemade Teriyaki Glaze
ShareTweet I have many store bought Asian marinades and sauces in my cupboards. I reach for them all the time on hectic nights. But my favorite Asian sauce is this homemade teriyaki glaze that comes together in a few minutes on the stove. It’s a little sweet to balance out all the saltiness, and fills… Continue Reading
Spicing Things Up with Sun Bird Seasonings
ShareTweet I’ve blogged before about my exploding spice cabinet, dangerous teetering stacks of spices above my sink that continue to grow regularly. I’m a spice addict; life is just more interesting with vibrant saffron, perfumed vanillas, and, my current favorite, smoky ancho chilli pepper. But when it comes to Asian dishes, I usually turn to… Continue Reading
>Fun for the Whole Family: Sushi Party 101
ShareTweet >I love having sushi parties. When my friend Yumi first initiated me into the secrets of sushi, I didn’t believe her. I felt as though I was trespassing in a forbidden world and couldn’t believe how easy it was. The wow and fun factors are high, but the effort and cost are low. All… Continue Reading
>Grilled Fish with Kabayaki Sauce and the Steamy Kitchen Cookbook Review
ShareTweet >I love Asian flavors, but I don’t often cook with them. My comfort zone is more in the heavy cream and butter zone of the kitchen. But I love it when a cookbook inspires me to get out of my saucy French habits, and play around with more exotic flavors. It’s really about letting… Continue Reading