Homemade dumpling wrappers
Later this week Allison’s going to be making some gyoza, but today we’re bringing you her brand new sous chef – Shrimpy! You can absolutely use store-bought gyoza wrappers, but today Shrimpy’s here to teach you how to make them from scratch! We’re using a recipe from Andrea Nguyen’s Asian Dumplings cookbook, which is our
Weekly Wanderings 2020/4
This week brought the heat! We’ve finally started making it a habit to get outside and do some gardening every morning. So OF COURSE the weather decided to change from Fogust (it’s been gloomy and cool all summer here) to HOT. But at least I’m getting a tan? Still eating blueberries with coconut cream. Tried
Shoyu Chicken
When I was browsing through the Aloha Kitchen cookbook, it was such a challenge to pick a protein to go with my mac salad! Do I go with chashu? Spam? Maybe some mochiko chicken, or beef teriyaki? So many good choices, so little time! I ended up choosing this shoyu chicken, because it’s got everything
Mac Salad
When I did the Aloha Kitchen cookbook redemption a few weeks ago, I had a really difficult time choosing between recipes. Do I do something with spam? Or something sweet? And how could I possibly pass up making a plate lunch? While I ended up picking the ginger misoyaki butterfish for the redemption, I was
Fig Tarts
I never had fresh figs, growing up. They were just never a part of our dining repertoire. Fig Newtons – of course! But I had never eaten a fresh fig. It wasn’t until I was in my 20s, and happened to receive figs as part of a CSA box, that I tried them for the
Weekly Wanderings 2020/3
Hope everyone had a lovely week! We’ve been cooking galore, but started venturing out of the kitchen and into the garden this week. Gardening videos hopefully coming soon! I may have grated that carrot a little too enthusiastically. My wrist has been injured for the last two months, and I can’t get into pushup position
Black Sesame Pudding
Despite being half Japanese, black sesame in desserts did not feature strongly in my childhood. Mochi and anko, white sesame and even shoyu… But it wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I had my first black sesame dessert. Way back in 2012, I started a podcast called Miso Hungry with my friend Rachael
Spinach and Chickpeas
Spinach and chickpeas. Sounds like kind of a boring dish, right? But the whole is so much more than the sum of its parts. This used to be my favorite after-workout, quick, easy, healthy, tasty, satisfying meal. I’d come home from a late aerial or pole class, pop this in the toaster oven (thank goodness
Dried Radish Kimchi
We were first introduced to this specific type of kimchi at Market World – a Korean grocery store that we’ve been frequenting for the last few years. We used to go there often, and stock up on all sorts of kimchi and other banchan. At the time we were busy with a lot of client