Making Gyoza Skins / Vegetarian Nihari / 18 Vegetarian Breakfast Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Making Gyoza Skins [via]

One of my favourite things to make that I can freeze and eat it with soup, rice and noodles - would be gyoza or potstickers also plainly known as 'dumplings'.

Blog Post & Recipe: Vegetarian Nihari (Spicy Tofu Recipe) [via]

One of my most favorite Indian dishes is nihari. It's a goat (or any other meat) stew dish. It's spicy, flavorful and the meat is extremely tender. I love dipping naans (flat Indian bread) in the sauce. But I always end up feeling so bad when I see my husband Lulu, who is a vegetarian, staring at me. So this time, I also made a tofu version using the same gravy sauce.

Blog Post & Recipes: Breakfast Club #11 Vegetarian Savoury - the round up

The event is here to remind us that breakfast should be about more than toast and tea or cereal and coffee.

Savoury breakfast wraps ... Cheese and chive pancakes ... Cheesy Courgette Breakfast Scones ... Baby Egg Pies ... Bread Rolls ... Savoury Oatmeal with Soy Sauce and Nutritional Yeast ... Moong Dhal Dosa ... Tofu Scramble ... Pea and Sun-Dried Tomato Porridge ... Breakfast with Oats ... Goats Cheese and Rosemary Muffins ... Savory Muffins with Herbs, Oven-Dried Tomatoes and Green Onions ... Black Buckwheat Waffles with Mushroom Gravy ... Breakfast "Sausage" Patties ... Chive Scrambled Eggs with Goats Cheese ... Dippy Eggs and Asparagus Soldiers ... Thalipeeth - Multigrain Indian flatbread/ Crepe ... Spinach and Brie Sourdough

Sopa de Carne / Roasted Mango & Habanero Salsa / 7 Chinese & Filipino Recipes

Blog Post & Recipe: Sopa de Carne

While the beef and olives impart rich and bold flavors, the soup is broth-y and unexpectedly light. It doesn’t look or feel greasy.

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Mango and Habanero Salsa

Of course, there was a little thinking required about what to actually do with this salsa. (As if eating this intensely sweet concoction balanced with just the right amount of fire with a spoon out of the food processor wasn’t good enough.)

Blog Post & Recipes: Chinese New Year Menu (2011)

Sichuan "Crossed Hands" Wonton Dumplings, Two Ways ... Mao's Hunan Red-Braised Pork (毛氏紅燒肉) ... Pancit Canton (Philippine Braised Egg Noodles) ... Whole Chicken ... Baked Tahong (Mussels) ... Braised Napa Cabbage with Abalone ... Whole Fish

Spaetzle / Roasted Vegetables / Polish Pierogi

Blog Post & Recipe: spaetzle

It manages to be both dumplings and noodles at once, and as good tangled with cheese and herbs and bacon and vegetables and as it is alongside a hearty braise.

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Vegetables (Staple # 2)

Not only are they something that I suspect many people make without giving much thought to, this isn’t exactly a seasonal dish. But roasting is a great way to liven up hothouse-grown peppers and we eat these every week without fail.

Blog Post & Recipe: Polish Pierogi (and the Guardian has a pierogi article of its own, with two recipes, one sweet, one savoury, here)

This Polish version of pierogi comes from my husband’s Grandmother who was of Polish descent and is filled with a typical Polish filling of boiled potatoes, cottage cheese and onion. These pierogi are in the typical semi-circular shape and are boiled.

Pelmeni Dumplings / Mafe Lamb Stew / Young US Farmers

Blog Post & Recipe: pelmeni

I’m worried that by writing about pelmeni, the famed Russian meat-filled dumplings with a cult following, I might inadvertently open the Pelmeni Pandora’s box and pandemonium will ensue. This is a dish that elicits passionate responses

Blog Post & Recipe: Mafe | Senegalese Lamb Stew

When it comes to mafe, a traditional stew from Senegal, there are very few absolutes. It’s typically made from lamb, mutton, beef, or chicken and vegetables stewed in peanut sauce, although the combination of veggies is variable–and arguable. Chef Thiam says the butternut squash is mandatory, whereas my cousin feels strongly about the presence of cabbage.

Article: In New Food Culture, a Young Generation of Farmers Emerges

Now, Mr. Jones, 30, and his wife, Alicia, 27, are among an emerging group of people in their 20s and 30s who have chosen farming as a career. Many shun industrial, mechanized farming and list punk rock, Karl Marx and the food journalist Michael Pollan as their influences. The Joneses say they and their peers are succeeding because of Oregon’s farmer-foodie culture, which demands grass-fed and pasture-raised meats.

Salted Chicken with Scarlet Risotto / 5 Pea Recipes / 10 BBQ Recipes

Blog Post & Recipes: Salted Chicken with Scarlet Risotto

Once the stock has absorbed and the rice is cooked beat in a wad of butter and watch it turn glossy like a tin of Dulux paint.

Blog Post & Recipes: Spring Green: 5 Snappy Recipes with Fresh Peas

Pea Salad with Radishes and Feta ... Smashed Peas with Mint Bruschetta ... Chilled Spring Pea Soup ... Plump Pea Dumplings ... Leek, Bacon, and Pea Risotto

Blog Post & Recipes: Ten Grilling Recipe Ideas for Memorial Day Weekend Grilling!

Very Greek Grilled Chicken ... Grilled Middle Eastern Turkey Burgers ... Grilled Salmon with Asian Dipping Sauce ... Kubideh or Grilled Ground Meat on Skewers with Middle Eastern Spices ... Grilled Portobello Mushrooms Stuffed with Sausage, Spinach, and Cheese ... Grilled Halibut with Southwestern Rub and Tomatillo Salsa ... Spicy Grilled Eggplant with Red Pepper, Parsley, and Mint ... Greek-Seasoned Pork Chops with Lemon and Oregano ... Grilled Chicken Sanpete Kabobs ... Grilled Salmon Packets with Tomatoes, Olives, Garlic, Thyme, and Saffron.

Cleaning Sea Urchins / Jackfruit Custard / Parsley & Anchovy Dumplings

Blog Post & Video: Video: Cleaning Sea Urchins (The Horror!)

I took a deep breath, resisted all squeamishness and cleaned them all. The reward was a plateful of the freshest, most delectable Uni one can taste.

Blog Post & Recipe: Jackfruit – from garden to plate #5 (scroll to the bottom of the post for links to four more From Garden to Plate posts).

The flesh of this fruit was very soft, much riper than other versions I’ve tasted, and took on an almost bubble gum quality and flavour. It was quite delicious in a sickly-sweet kind of way, the variety and over-ripeness removing any Durian-like pungency ...

Jackfruit Custard

Blog Post & Recipe: Parsley & Anchovy Dumplings

Usually when I make a beef stew I dissolve a couple of anchovies in the oil before adding anything else. This gives the stew an deeper, richer flavour with none of the fishiness. Instead, the anchovies went into the dumplings with parsley for some grassy freshness. It worked beautifully, just as I'd hoped - the anchovies had melted into the dumplings well.

Scallion Tart / Pumpkin Cornbread / Gyoza

Blog Post & Recipe: Scallion tart: the everything dish

It’s easy, easy like making Playdoh cups. All you have to do is have the ingredients in the house and 35 or so minutes to cook in.

Blog Post & Recipe: Pumpkin Cornbread

It might not surprise you that my favorite cornbread is a) healthy and b) involves pumpkin. It's very moist and slightly sweet, and goes well with just about any chili I can think of. A bit of cinnamon gives it a hint of earthy, sweet spice that makes a really nice compliment to a meaty, spicy chili.

Blog Post & Recipe: Gyoza Recipe (Japanese Pan-Fried Dumplings)

My most recent adjustment to the gyoza recipe is in the technique I use when mixing the filling. In Elizabeth Andoh’s cookbook, Washoku, she describes a method that helps tenderize the meat and helps hold the filling together. She explains that it’s “a bit like baseball practice” because you are gathering the filling into a ball and throwing it back into the bowl repeatedly.

Chinese Pork Dumplings / Moo Tod / Nasi Goreng

Blog Post & Recipe: Chinese Boiled Pork Dumplings

Salting and squeezing the water out of the cabbage is essential. It prevents your dumplings from being too soggy!

Blog Post & Recipe: moo tod: fried pork

The dish is actually meant to accompany with other spicy dishes like spicy curry to balance the favours., especially the spiciness. That’s the main reason why it has never been a Star in Thai food. I guess another reason is because it’s too simple. At times, simplicity is the best.

Blog Post & Recipe: Nasi Goreng Recipe (Indonesian Fried Rice)

... this nasi goreng is the Javanese version of fried rice [...] a truly authentic nasi goreng Indonesia is plain and simple, consisting of leftover rice stir-fried with a flavoring paste. Ingredients such as shrimp, meat, and vegetables are rarely, if ever, added to it…

Beignets. Shanghai Soup Dumplings. Zucchinis.

Recipe: bite size beignets...

Beignet is a fried yeast dough that come in square or ball shape. It is similar to a doughnut, but a bit lighter in texture.

Blog Post & Recipe: Shanghai Soup Dumpling, plus a new look

I’m not going to lie and say I can’t wait to make this again ‘coz it does take a lot of time to prepare, but the dough is fantastic – tasty and slightly chewy – it sure hell beats any store bought one.

Blog Post & Recipe: In defense of the humble zucchini

What a revelation it was to me when I arrived in France and saw beautiful small courgettes with their tender skin and full flavor. Seriously, if you pick your zucchini when it's half the size, logically you'll have half the weight to deal with. And it will have twice as much flavor.

Grandma Kehoe's Zucchini Lasagna

Tofu Dumplings. Baked Goat Cheese. Cleaning Egg Off.

Blog Post & Recipe: Tofu Dumplings

I just adore these wee things. They are so tasty and so much fun to make and they can very quickly be cooked in a variety of ways straight from the freezer.

Blog Post & Recipe: Warm Baked Goat Cheese

One of my favorite ways to serve goat cheese is the way we did it back when I worked at Chez Panisse; marinated in olive oil, coated with good-quality bread crumbs, then baked ...

Blog Post: Why Is Dried Egg So Hard to Clean Off?

When it comes to cleaning off egg residue, Swanson’s best advice is to soak the dish in hot, soapy water before you try to wash it because most detergents have fat solubilizing and wetting agents that can penetrate and break down the protein-lipid mix.