Researching and writing The Asian Grandmothers Cookbook has given me an appreciation for traditional and authentic recipes and eating the way our grandparents' generation ate. It's been a perfect complement to my other passion--sustainable foods. Many of us shop at the neighborhood farmers market (or even...
The beautiful table setting of a cha kaiseki meal The moment I arrive, Hiroko Sugiyama starts to make tea. She pours water into her cast-iron teapot and sets it over her center stove to boil. So begins our chakaiseki (tea kaiseki) class. Sugiyama has been teaching...
Sunshine kabocha from Johnny's Selected Seeds (Picture courtesy of Johnny's Selected Seeds) I can't believe it's already October 1st. Fall is upon us and Halloween is just around the corner...
Phở may be Vietnam's most famous noodle export but ask many a Vietnamese and they'll tell you that bún riêu cua, a tangy crab- and tomato-based noodle soup, is the dish that evokes grandma's homecooking. Ironically, my first taste of bún riêu cua was at a restaurant...
We've all had sweet and sour pork at some point or another. If you, like me, have been put off this dish forever by greasy battered pork doused in toxic pink glow-in-the-dark sauce served at a Chinese-American restaurant and/or the supermarket deli counter, take heart,...
Last Labor Day weekend, 60,000 people converged on beautiful San Francisco to attend Slow Food Nation. I was one of them, except I was working behind the scenes at the Taste Pavilions, at of all places, the pickles and chutney booth! The 50,000 square foot pier at Fort...
The "Dead End" sign next to Mary de Veer's house aptly reflected the mood right after hurricane Katrina struck. (Photo: Chris de Veer) With the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina coming up on August 29, 2008, let us remember the people who survived (and those who didn't) the horrific...
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Welcome KUOW listeners! Here are the recipes I talked about on Sound Focus on June 11. Enjoy and feel free to look around my blog and email me! Indonesian Cupcakes (Kue Mangkok) The teacups we used are about the size of sake cups. As a little girl, I would make...
