What is Umami? Ponder the oyster. A martini. Tom yum. Carne asada. Fleur de sel. All umami. Don't try to define it! Just surrender to the addiction; savor the flavor implosion.
kayoko: Eric- you’ll need to free up a few belt notches, for sure. So jealous!
kayoko: HOORAY FOR LANCASTER BUTTER! Don’t know what the Amish do, but they make the BEST BUTTER EVER.
Eric: I’m very concerned for my heart health when I move to NOLA next year.
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December 15, 2009
Dear De Cecco, Barilla, and all other major pasta producers of the world: you should be ashamed of yourself, letting Japan come up with the smartest packaging for pasta EVER.
This one is “Mama” brand that my own mama Hideko picked up at
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November 19, 2009
Remember when I made kimchi fried rice? It has become my staple meal when I feel ultra lazy. Read: ALL THE TIME.
So how panicked was I when I went to the kitchen yesterday to take out all the precious ingredients out of the fridge,
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August 28, 2009
Since moving to California, I’ve become a bit of a drunk. I’m not sure if it’s out of boredom of living in Cupertino, in the house I grew up in, right across the street from my high school. It could be that I’m almost 30 and living with
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June 11, 2009
Tomorrow we pick up our new box, and I have to make room! So, since Gabe is out with some friends, I decided to make one of my one dish Trader Joe’s Meets the CSA box wonders…
First thing I had to do assess the fridge situation. Some stuff just needed to go, like this 3 day old salad.
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May 4, 2009
One of the best ad campaigns I have seen in Japan is for Kewpie’s Tarako (Cod Roe) Pasta Sauce. These ads have been running for the past three years and have created a branding craze for Kewpie dolls dressed up as tarako.
Check out these ads bordering on creepy and kawaii (cute).
March 23, 2008
Jesus is just alright with me Jesus is just alright, oh yeah- Doobie Brothers
Religiously speaking, I am godless. I am a gluttonous heathen, afterall. If hard pressed, I suppose I would say I’m a non-practicing Buddhist, but that’s only because my dad makes me pray to his little shrine whenever I go to his house. But I refuse to chant
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March 19, 2008
Preface: A Night Out at BabboCalifornia Soul: Osteria Mozza (LA)
To celebrate Christi’s bday the other night, we went to Babbo. I would be too embarrassed to blog this–regularly patronizing such the hype machine that Batali
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February 23, 2008
In Rome we stayed in Trastevere, which is a hip, bohemian hotspot on the other side of the Tiber, near Vatican City. It’s a great neighborhood, sorta Williamsburgish, lively at all hours of the night- lots of bars, clubs and restaurants.
For my last supper in Italy, I wanted a typical Roman meal- and Trastevere is as good as place
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February 21, 2008
For not really having any premeditative restaurant agenda, Matt and I did really well in Rome. The city’s such a maze, that it’s best not to have your heart set on any one restaurant- you’d just get frustrated going around in circles looking for it. We were walking around towards the Pantheon in the afternoon and stumbled upon Enoteca
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February 14, 2008
Last week at the farmer’s market, I accidentally bought a purple cabbage, mistaking it for radicchio. DUH!
So what to do with a head of purple CABBAGE? I recalled Bittman’s coleslaw piece from a few weeks back, but who wants to make coleslaw in the middle of winter? HELL-O!
I needed something to last me all week- for lunches and
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