Mirin is a sweet Japanese cooking wine. Blending the sweetness of mirin with salty soy sauce gets you part of the way to tare, a grilling sauce used in teriyaki. In other words, mirin + soy = cheater’s teriyaki sauce. Or at least, pretty close to the teriyaki you’ll find in your grocery store. Next [...]
Posts under ‘Main Course – Seafood’
Scallops with Chanterelles in a Red Port Wine Sauce
Typically chanterelles cost as much as gold so we never buy them…however we couldn’t resist when our local Costco had them for about $10. We were so excited to find beautiful wild chanterelles and thought this would be perfect with fresh plump scallops from our local fish market. We couldn’t wait to figure out a [...]
Black Cod en Papillote with Ginger and Scallions
When I was a kid, one of my favorite dishes was steamed whole fish with ginger and scallions, which you can find in most authentic Chinese restaurants. My parents used to make it at home pretty often and it was one of the first things I learned how to cook. The problem is, it can [...]
Noodles – Two Recipes in One
Shrimp Puttanesca & Mushroom Fettucini There is nothing like enjoying a hearty pasta with seafood and a full-bodied red wine. While we don’t make pasta dishes that often, I recalled our many delicious meals in Italy a year ago and was craving a delicious Italian dinner. My husband makes a fantastic shrimp puttanesca, but I [...]
A Typical Lunch at Work
So what IS a typical work lunch? For some a burger, others a deli sandwich or a soup and salad, perhaps ? Lucky me, I work in a kitchen and this is what I typically eat at work: Ahi Tuna Poke, Kalua Pork and a cup of Thai Vegetable Curry Soup. I know it sounds [...]
Whole Fish Baked in Salt with Scallion Tomato Oil
When Rourke and I were taking our trip around the world, one of our stops was Paris. Coincidentally, Rourke’s parents were there at the same time for a business trip and they treated us to dinner at their favorite restaurant, Le Petit Zinc. There are two things that I remember about that dinner: That my [...]
Seafood Paella Tip
Doesn’t everyone love paella? Well, they should. Today’s lunch menu featured a fantastically full-flavored, yet light-enough-for-lunch seafood paella. Let me begin by saying that paella is a dish which is often overlooked by most cooks due to the perceived complexity and time involved in preparing it. Nonsense! Shall I go through the paces? Maybe not on my [...]