In Japan, the traditional vegetarian sushi fillings are cucumber, kampyo, which is a dried gourd cooked in a sweet soy based sauce, shiitake mushrooms, takuan, eggs, spinach, plum, shiso and sesame seeds. I really do enjoy them all. But, sushi is now not just a Japanese food. It’s everyone’s food. It’s just like pizza. The …
Our little neighborhood cooking club of three, Winnie from China, Susanne from Germany and me, got together over the weekend. Now that two of us have moved away from the neighborhood, it’s now an ex-neighborhood club, and not as convenient as walking across the cul de sac. But it’s worth the drive from anywhere! Cooking …
The Japanese have a variety of mixed rice recipes. Some are called maze gohan and some are called takikomi gohan. So, I asked my teacher, “what’s the difference?” Maze gohan is when the rice is already cooked and you add ingredients to it, while takikomi gohan is when the ingredients are cooked with the rice …
