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Korean pickled cucumber salad
This pickled cucumber salad is ultra easy to make and tastes so good! Some of its appealing qualities include the crunchy texture, the sour and tart flavors and the slight bite of heat from the...
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sesame and onion seed crusted swordfish with buckwheat soba and chard sauté
sesame and onion seed crusted sword fish with buckwheat soba and chard sauté I know eating swordfish is supposed to be naughty. But per our fish monger, this one was line caught off the coast of...
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black-eyed peas with purple kale and polenta
This intensely flavorful recipe comes from the wonderful blog, Pescatarian Journal. We always feel a spiritual connection with Alaiyo’s food, which is land-animal free, often vegetarian and low fat,...
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springtime garden tempeh with snow and garden peas, Kabocha with quinoa and...
This recipe was adapted from the latest issue of Vegetarian Times. I didn’t have most of the veggie ingredients so I made do with what was available at home. It turned out as granola as it can be, of...
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Japanese mushroom risotto, or kinoko gohan
With this unusually cold and wet spring in San Francisco, I feel like I want to eat hearty, earthy food. Something flavorful that fills you up and makes you happy and satisfied. Something like mushroom...
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kabocha pumpkin in dashi-shoyu sauce
I love pumpkin. Lately, I’ve begun to think that I might not be alone, as I’ve been reading Neide Rigo’s blog, come-se, and am thrilled to see that she’s been advocating it too. kabocha pumpkin in...
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faux pho: vegetarian Vietnamese Pho
I have fond memories of a cooking class we took in Chiang Mai, Thailand several years ago. The chef picked us up early in the morning from the hotel then off we went to a thrilling local market to buy...
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spicy pressed tofu salad
spicy pressed tofu salad I’m so excited about this new-to-me book, Andrea Nguyen’s Asian Tofu. I saw it by chance at the local Whole Foods and was cautiously interested. I ordered a copy from the...
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vegetarian Sichuan fried and braised eggplant
Eggplant is one of my favorite vegetables and whenever I see a new recipe for it I just want to try it right away. This recipe is featured in the March 2013 edition of Saveur Magazine. A few years ago...
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southeast Asian-style shrimp and Persian cucumber with rice
Our friend John prepared this dish for us long ago. Completely delighted, I meant to ask for the recipe but kept forgetting. The southeast Asian mix of fresh garlic, fish sauce, lime juice, sugar and...
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