Eggplant Unagi Don
From one of my favorite sites, Two Plaid Aprons, a vegetarian version of Unagi Don! Eel grilled with a sweet and savory sauce or “tare” is called unagi. Don is short for donburi, which refers to the bowl and rice that serves as the landing spot for toppings like unagi. Rice bowls, in my humble …
Chamomile Tea Cake with Strawberry Icing (Slice of Tea Cake & A Cuppa Tea)
He needs to stop. I would like to dive into Eric Kim’s cookbook, Korean-American but have not been able to and it is all his FAULT. Yep, the blame lies squarely on his shoulders. Eric is on staff at the NYT Cooking. I’m not sure what his obligation is to the venerable paper, a column …
That’s the Way the Strawberry Cake Crumb-les
My weekly trip to the farmer’s market starts with lining up at the P&K Strawberry stand 30 minutes before the market even opens. Yep, the strawberries from this family farm in Moss Landing are THAT good. Even though they are freakin’ delicious out of hand, I love trying recipes that highlight the ruby-colored gems. This …
White Rabbit CC Cookies-We Got Em, Go Tell Alice
As a kid, I spent a lot of time running the streets of Chinatown in San Francisco. After school, I headed to Chinatown to attend Hip Wo Chinese School, which conveniently was housed in the same church our family attended. I’d love to tell you I was a stellar student and fluent in both Cantonese …
Scrambled Eggs and Beef over Rice (The Slippery Slope of Waat Dan Fan)
Waat Dan Fan (滑蛋飯) is one of my absolute all-time favorite down-home Cantonese dishes. The literal translation is Slippery Egg Rice. This version includes beef so it’s called Waat Dan Gnow Yuk Fan (滑蛋牛肉飯). Although it comes together quickly, it can be a little tricky to get the texture of the eggs right. Don’t let …
Black Sesame Chocolate Chunk Cookies from a Nerd
The flavor of the day is toasted black sesame seeds. They’re delicious-earthy, nutty, and bolder than white sesame seeds. They add texture, color, and zing to cookies, cakes, and just about anything. During the holidays I made black sesame shortbread, a tasty rift on shortbread. So, when Black Sesame Chocolate Chip Cookies from Cooking Therapy …
Hella Good Ube Mochi Muffins-Mochi Madness
I have been looking for a dessert/cookie recipe using Ube for a while when I came across a recipe for Butter and Ube Bibingka/Mochi on Mark Hella Cooks. I adapted his Bibingka/Mochi and made muffins, delicious and gorgeous. Just a bit of ube extract gave the batter a vibrant purple that is so whimsical and …
Anzac-ly The Delicious Biscuit (Cookie) I Was Looking For
Marching orders in hand, I gathered the ingredients to make Anzac Biscuits. Think Oatmeal Cookie meets Oatcake or Granola Bar…you end up with a biscuit (cookie) that is buttery, sweet-salty, chewy-crispy (are these oxymorons?), and EXTREMELY delicious. A Brief History On Anzac Biscuits These tasty biscuits (cookies) can be traced back to World War One …