
Dumpling King – San Francisco
We drove up to San Francisco and met our friends at the Dumpling King for lunch. They've been going there for years, we'd never been. Oddly, we'd never been out for dumplings in San Francisco. Only in Sydney. Yes, we ...

Roll Your Own
If you've never rolled your own sushi, WHY NOT!? So what if it's ugly. So what if it falls apart. It's fun and so much cheaper. One of my son's favorite books when he was a baby was First Book ...

Dumplings and Buns
Asian Dumplings: Mastering Gyoza, Spring Rolls, Samosas, and More We were in Bookshop Santa Cruz on Sunday ... after coming back downtown to pick up our car we'd left overnight after St. Patrick's Day celebrations ... and I can't not ...

Salad with Radishes and Miso Vinaigrette
Simple as can be. Get some lettuce, top it with some thinnnnly sliced radishes, add dressing. I served this alongside Soba Noodles in Dashi. : Miso Vinaigrette 2T Seasoned rice vinegar 1T Miso 1t Soy sauce Walnut oil Fresh ground ...
Soba in Dashi, Meet Asian Beef Saute
I was torn between two dishes for dinner. I wanted soba noodle soup but I had all these wonderful CSA veggies to use. So I decided to try introducing two recipes to one another. Turns out they should definitely be ...

Asian Beef with Stuff
One night I opened the fridge to find a wilted (but not rotten) 1/2 bunch of cilantro, some ginger and not much else. I had a rib-eye in the freezer. I always have garlic, shallots, onions in the drawer and ...

Roll Your Own Sushi
It's easy! Step one, prepare ingredients and surface for rolling Step two, roll the sushi. Step three, profit! ...

Soba Noodles in Dashi
Update (February 2013) My dashi recipe remains the same but I've taken to searing salmon and having that as the protein. It's a perfect combination. I sprinkle the salmon with salt and nanami togaroshi and sear in a hot cast ...

If You Need Me, Me and Neil’ll be Hangin’ Out at the Sushi Bar
Neil and Chantrelle When Neil Gaiman was on tour for American Gods last year, I caught up with him at TechTV in San Francisco. We made a "date" to have sushi when he returned to the Bay Area. On July ...