Seaweed Salad (Miyuk Muchim) / Chai / Boiled Bone Stock

Recipe: Seaweed Salad (Miyuk Muchim)

This seaweed salad is a great little appetizer or side dish for when you want to eat light.

Blog Post & Recipe: Perfect Chai

When I’m brewing from scratch, this here is my ideal recipe. It’s got plenty of cardamom, which (I think) is the only ingredient other than tea in traditional chai. But it’s also got cloves, which add an undercurrent of spice to the drink.

Blog Post & Recipe: The Nasty Bits: Boiled Bones

If you do not want your stock to look cloudy and taste fatty, then simmer your bones. If you have a lot of good meat that's still on the bone, and you want to eat the meat, then simmer your bones ... If, on the other hand, you happen to have a pile of bones leftover from a roast, and there is nothing palatable about them, then boil the heck out of your bones.

Boiled Stock

Vegan Party Pies / Sushi Burrito / Miso Pig's Head

Blog Post & Recipe: Vegan Party Pies: Aussie "meat" pies for the footy

I couldn't guarantee Geelong would win. I decided I would at least succeed in making vegan party pies.

Blog Post & Recipe: Sushi Burrito

This is really just a sushi hand roll, but the burrito part is to encourage you not to see DIY sushi as difficult or requiring rules to be followed. There is virtually NOTHING that can not/should not be dropped into the middle of these rolls.

Blog Post & Recipe: the miso pig’s head

It’s basically an adaptation of the classic Izakaya staple motsu nikomi, a hearty stew of braised pigs tripe and vegetables in a rich miso broth, a dish that really highlights the natural affinity between offal and miso – Our take on it, using all the different tastes and textures of a pigs head lifts it to another level.

Ramen Hacks / Bagna Cauda Dip with Assorted Vegetables / 3 Nori Recipes

Blog Post & Recipes & Slideshow: Ramen Hacks: 30+ Easy Ways to Upgrade Your Instant Noodles

Of course, there's no reason to stay in Asia here. Ramen takes well to Western flavors as well. How about some cheesy chili ramen or a poutine-like dish of toasted raw ramen with gravy and mozzarella?

Simple Add-ins ... Vegetation ... Eggs ... Simple Simmered Meat

Blog Post & Recipe: Bagna Cauda Dip with Assorted Vegetables

This Bagna Cauda, which hails from Italy's Piedmont region and translates as "hot bath," is the perfect accompaniment for spring vegetables -- and a marvelous alternative to heavy, creamy veggie dips.

The recipe is beautifully simple: 24 cloves of garlic, a couple of diced anchovies, and olive oil. Add a little salt and pepper, and that's it!

Blog Post & Recipes: Nori glory

“When we teach our sushi classes, we tell people, ‘Don’t buy the most expensive, and don’t buy the really el-cheapo one,’” she says. “Buy the middle-of-the-road. It will be slightly thicker, it will taste better, and it will be fresh, because everybody buys the middle one.”

Grilled Chicken Nori Wraps ... Thin-Roll Sushi ... Pan-Seared Rosemary Duck Breasts/Tofu

Sweet Potato Ginger Risotto / Yaki Udon / Wakame Seaweed Salad

Blog Post & Recipe: Sweet Potato Ginger Risotto

This sweet potato ginger risotto uses dashi (Japanese sea stock) instead of broth. Fresh ginger adds warmth and cubes of sweet potato had creamy flavor, color, and all kinds of great vitamins and antioxidants.

Blog Post & Recipe: yaki udon

When you are too lazy to cook something fancy then you know that this Japanese stir-fry noodle is something you are going to cook as you can simply throw (any left-over) whatever in your fridge in a wok and there you have it.

Blog Post & Recipe: Utagawa Kuniyoshi - Wakame Seaweed Salad

I have been a long-time glutton for the bright green seaweed salads sold at most take-away sushi shops. This version uses reconstituted wakame seaweed, deep green, salty and earthy. The smallest slick of sesame oil cuts through the rice wine vinegar and fresh lemon juice.

St. David's Day

Recipes: Welsh Icons -- Food and Drink

Click on the links for recipes or places where you can buy the brands.

Clark’s Pies ... Cawl ... Cockles ... Brains Beer ... Welsh Rarebit ... Felinfoel Beer ... Crempog ... Glengettie Tea ... Leeks ... Caerphilly Cheese ... Bara Brith ... Welsh Cakes ... Lava Bread ... Penderyn Whisky ... Faggot and Peas

Recipes: Leek Recipes.org

* Asparagus and Leek Soup
* Braised Leeks
* Champagne Grilled Leeks
* Creamed Leeks
* Grilled Leeks
* Leek and Mushroom Risotto
* Leek and Onion Bisque
* Leek and Pear Soup
* Leek and Zucchini Pasta
* Leek Soup
* Leek Tart
* Simple Cream of Leek Soup

Recipe: Barabrith (Welsh Tea Bread)

Barabrith is an old Welsh family recipe; it's easy to follow and the end product is simply delicious. Please measure using a normal-size coffee mug.

Crempog - Welsh Pancake Recipe

Welsh pancakes - Crempog - are different to the traditional British 'crepe' normally eaten on Pancake Day. The pancakes are thicker and slightly risen and cooked on a griddle.