Just as seemingly every cuisine has some form of flat bread, every cuisine also has its own take on dumplings: meat wrapped in dough. In Japan, it’s gyoza. We cook them by first pan-frying them… Read More »One Dish a Week, week 86: Gyoza
Our month of Japanese recipes continues! Miso soup is a classic of Japanese restaurants — and Japanese homes. It’s a very common, basic and refreshing soup. It’s made using dashi, the “chicken stock” of Japanese… Read More »One Dish a Week, Week 85: Miso soup
Nearly every cuisine in the world has its own version of fried breaded meat, and Japan is no exception. It was added to the repertoire of Japanese cuisine in the 1800s, allegedly by a chef… Read More »One Dish a Week, Week 84: Tonkatsu
Learn to make key lime pie at home.
We’re continuing a month of southern cooking with a big favorite: jambalaya. It’s the Louisiana version of a dish that most cuisines of the world have: take whatever you have in the fridge, cook it… Read More »One Dish a Week, Week 82: Chicken and shrimp jambalaya
More tasty Southern cooking! Few would say that tough leafy greens, like collard greens, are delicious on their own. Without dispute they are very healthy, but actually eating them (let alone getting your kids to… Read More »One Dish a Week, Week 81: Collard greens
It’s July, and since we’re celebrating America’s 250th birthday, I decided to bring it home with a month of Southern cooking. Blackened fish is a great Cajun treat — a well-browned crust of herbs and… Read More »One Dish a Week, Week 80: Blackened salmon
Kheer is a well-known Indian dessert. It’s a delicious rice pudding, flavored with cardamom and topped off with almonds and raisins. It’s also very simple to make — though it takes some time to set,… Read More »One Dish a Week, Week 79: Kheer
Chana masala is a pretty simple Indian dish: chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans) in a spicy sauce. Like many Indian dishes, it combines several different herbs, spices and vegetables to make a sauce that explodes with… Read More »One Dish a Week, Week 78: Chana masala
Here are some ideas to help you plan an amazing Father’s Day breakfast for dad on Sunday