Annotating Legal Seafoods’ Marinara Recipe

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2021/03/28/fundamentally-marcella-tomato-sauce/ For dinner last night, I got a request to use a different tomato sauce for pasta and italian sausage tonight. After some thought, I turned to my copy of the Legal Seafoods Cookbook, recalling they had their own tomato sauce (as it turned out, marinara) that they used with […]

A Salad Inspiration

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com –* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2021/07/02/benihana-salad-dressing/ Last night I got a request to make an appetizer salad since my wife was making a Xinjiang lamb stew and wanted something light to precede it. The funny thing was, I’d been watching a youtube video with White House Chef Cris Comeford and Iron Chef Morimoto regarding a Japanese […]

Michiba Meat and Potatoes (“Gyu/Niku” Jaga)

Now that autumn has arrived in New England, I wanted to try out the latest cooking lesson/recipe from Iron Chef Michiba. The provided video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP8Z3LVCssk was Michiba-sama’s take on the classic “Nikujaga”. While the presented recipe used (apparently) shabu shabu beef (yes, I imagine you could use meat cut for bulgogi), Iron Chef Michiba mentioned […]

A Vegan Shikai Maki

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com – * https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2021/08/22/morimoto-shikai-stained-glass-maki/ Some questions recently came to my attention if it was possible to construct a vegan version of this celebratory maki. I needed to think hard about this given the colour constraints and flavor pairings. After consulting my copy of The Flavor Bible, I settled on baby zucchini and strips […]

Of Chipwiches And Tollhouse Cookies

…imitate the best right from the start because that is the only way to learn… -Yamaoka Tesshu…We cook to nurture. To make people happy… -Thomas Keller So I was in the mood for making my first batch of chocolate chip cookies and decided I wanted to try my hand at making tollhouse cookies. The original […]

A quick afternoon snack

Rice.Michiba Furikake.Morimoto Sushi Vinegar.Nori. A nice afternoon snack with sencha:

Lomi Lomi, Nobu-Style

Previously, on tastingmenu.wordpress.com –* https://tastingmenu.wordpress.com/2011/09/21/lamb-ribchops-with-nobu-brown-rice-salsa/ After reflecting on my recent endeavor of Nobu-Style poke, I wondered how hard it would be to attempt to make the restaurant’s (Hawaii) version of lomi lomi. According to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomi-lomi_salmon , the dish appeared to feature cut, salted, hand massaged salmon with sweet onions and tomatoes. A 29 Apr 2014 […]