Last night was the first night of Passover. In America, typically the first two nights of Passover are a huge deal in the Jewish household (in Israel they only have Seder on the first night). Families get together for big feasts of traditional foods and celebrate the liberation from Egypt led by Moshe himself, called a Seder. [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Passover Seder, the First Night
Posted in beef, Home Cooking, poultry, seafood, tagged 10th plague, apples, atheist, bagels, beitzah, brisket, brownies, carrot cake, charoset, chocolate caek, chopped liver, cucumbers, dumpling, eastern european, egypt, elijah, fish, gefilte fish, grapes, green onion, haggadah, honey, horseradish, israel, jewish, karpas, lamb's blood, maror, matzah ball soup, matzah meal, mortar, moshe, parsley, pike, raspberries, red onions, roasted egg, seder, shankbone, strawberries, strawberry shortcake, thanksgiving, tomatoes, turkey, walnuts, whitefish, wine, zeroa on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yakiniku in Kobe
Posted in Restaurant, tagged beef tongue, bibimbop, chinatown, egg, japan, kobe, korean bbq, lettuce, osaka, pickles, ribeye, sake, sausage, short rib, yakiniku on March 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Alright, going back to last November in Japan, I wanted to show you the dinner we had in Kobe. My buddy Tom lives in Osaka which is a short 25 minute train ride from Kobe. On our way to the Chinatown section to meet up with him we walked by a sake tasting. We knew [...]
Broiled Chicken with Mustard Sauce
Posted in Home Cooking, poultry, tagged arugula, asparagus, black pepper, boetje's, capers, fennel, happy hour, lemon, mustard, olive oil, onion, pestle and mortar, red pepper, rice, thyme, yellow pepper on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I joined a couple of buddies for a happy hour drink. With that in mind I put together a dinner that I could cook and assemble quickly once I got home. Broiled chicken and vegetables seemed perfect. Before I headed out to the bar I got all my veggies cut. Asparagus, red pepper, [...]
Japanese-style Dinner
Posted in Home Cooking, swine, tagged aburage, arugula, baby bok choy, black pepper, carrot, dashi-no-moto, garlic, ginger, green onion, hijiki, mirin, miso, onion, ponzu, pork, rice, sake, shiitake, soy sauce on March 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yuki requested a simple, lightly flavored dinner last night, so to please my wife I made a Japanese-style line up of chow. I made Hijiki Rice, Miso Soup, and Pork-stuffed Aburage. For the rice, I made two cups in our rice cooker. I simply washed the rice and added a little less water than necessary to [...]
Vegetable Stir-fry with Tofu
Posted in Home Cooking, Meatless Monday, tagged asparagus, garlic, ginger, green onion, meatless monday, red pepper, sake, sesame oil, shiitake, soy sauce, tofu, vitamin b, yellow pepper on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night’s Meatless Monday was quite possibly the most simple one yet. Not feeling up to doing too much in the kitchen for some reason, I decided to keep the cooking minimal and quick. The answer? Stir-fry! I first pressed the water out of a block of tofu. Lay some paper towels on a plate, [...]
Moroccan Cod Brochettes
Posted in Home Cooking, seafood, tagged bamboo, cayenne, cilantro, cumin, eggplant, garlic, grill, lemon, olive oil, onion, paprika, red pepper, salt, soy sauce, tahini, white rice, zucchini on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I took advantage of another nice evening and grilled up some fish, at Yuki’s request. I decided to make some brochettes with Moroccan spiced cod. Any firm-fleshed fish would work for this recipe, cod just happened to be the cheapest and freshest as it just came in yesterday morning. I cut up the [...]
Grilled Skirt Steak and Vegetables
Posted in beef, Home Cooking, tagged black pepper, cannellini beans, cayenne, cherry tomatoes, garlic, ginger, green onions, grill, mirin, rosemary, sake, soy sauce, spinach, stanley's, turmeric, white rice, yellow pepper on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Grilling season is here people! Nothing could make me happier. Well, I guess that’s not entirely true, but it does bring a smile to my belly. To kick off the year’s grilling I picked up a beautiful 1.5 pound skirt steak, easily one of the best cuts of any carcass. To start off I marinated [...]
Soy-Mustard-Rosemary Roast Chicken and Vegetables
Posted in Home Cooking, poultry, tagged black pepper, boetje's, carrot, celery, chard, chicken fat, dutch stone ground mustard, ethiopian, garlic, olive oil, onion, yukon gold potatoes on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Roasting chicken on top of vegetables is one of the easiest ways to prepare a healthy, well balanced meal. You can add whatever veggies you want, season or marinade the chicken with just about anything, and there’s few dishes to clean since everything is roasted in the same pan. Last night I marinated some whole [...]
Quinoa
Posted in Home Cooking, Meatless Monday, tagged carrot, chickpeas, garam masala, garlic, green leaf lettuce, green onion, hemp, meatless monday, peas, pita, red quinoa, shiitake vinaigrette, sweet corn, tomato, turmeric, vegetable stock, yellow pepper on March 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I’m on the tail end of a bad cold and Yuki is in the midst of battling one too. In light of that, last night’s Meatless Monday was all about getting healthy. There isn’t much more healthy than quinoa, except for maybe the hemp seed. I also wanted to keep it really simple. I first [...]
