Recipes

Seafood

Grilled Whole Fish with Chili Soy Dipping Sauce

May 28, 2009

Slideshow shows step by step: how to grill whole fish:

I have yet to go fishing in the local waters here, well okay maybe I need to count the time I friend Judy took me and the kids to the state park. We used squirmy worms as bait on their kiddie fishing poles and caught fish [...]

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Nobu’s Lobster Carpaccio

May 24, 2009

Below is a slideshow of how I got my “money shot” for the Nobu’s Lobster Carpaccio dish. The first shot is the money shot – are you interested on all the other shots that led up to my favorite photo? Which one is your favorite photo?
This recipe is from chef Nobu Matsuhisa, a man whom [...]

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Sesame Seared Tuna with Lime Ginger Vinaigrette

April 26, 2009

In conjunction with my podcast with Michael Ruhlman’sRatio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking. And true to the book’s goal, I didn’t use a recipe to develop the Lime-Ginger Vinaigrette for the Sesame Seared Tuna. After a quick check in the refrigerator, I had one good key lime and a nub of [...]

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Aged Black Garlic: a new superfood?

March 23, 2009

View 7 photos in the above slide show
Why is it that Asian ingredients that are “good for you” are so darn ugly and nasty sounding? Mom used to feed me and my brother bird’s nest soup, chilled frog jelly soup and countless other strange protein specimens that would probably make you wonder how I’m still [...]

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Sushi Superhero: I lovehatelove him

March 21, 2009

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There are 4 photos in the above photoset! All photos courtesy of Casson Trenor from his book, Sustainable Sushi
I’m deeply, truly, utterly and fantastically in love with sushi. Well, let me be more specific. I love GOOD sushi, none of that supermarket crap. It’s an indulgence that I allow myself once a month (it’s sooo [...]

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