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Rice Cooker Apple Pancake!
You know sometimes you see a recipe and you just HAVE to try it. This apple pancake made in a rice cooker was just such a recipe! I found it on the English language site of the cool contemporary Japanese culture news site RocketNews24. As I put the ingredients together this morning at 5:00AM — …
Read moreMatcha goes global as trendy ingredient
By Debra Samuels GLOBE CORRESPONDENT JUNE 23, 2015 Much is being made about matcha. From lattes and shakes to ice cream and baked confections, the bitter, mossy green powder, a specially processed tea, is turning up everywhere. Matcha is being treated as the perk-me-up of the moment in themed matcha bars from Brooklyn to Berlin. Today’s …
Read moreFood-savvy dads at the stove
By Debra Samuels GLOBE CORRESPONDENT JUNE 16, 2015 LEXINGTON — In mid-20th-century America, TV dads Ozzie Nelson, Ward Cleaver, and Desi Arnaz donned their wives’ aprons and mishaps and mayhem ensued. Now some dads have taken over kitchen responsibilities, either out of necessity or because they love the inventive aspect of cooking. The bumbling dad has been …
Read moreThis Chinese grandma forages and cooks
By Debra Samuels GLOBE CORRESPONDENT MAY 12, 2015 SOMERVILLE — Ginger Chen scans the terrain, a sharp knife at the ready. A wide smile spreads across her face as she spots something. She bends down, pokes the knife into the dirt, and wiggles loose a straggly plant. This is no ordinary, unwelcome weed. At the edge of …
Read moreOnigirazu
By Debra Samuels GLOBE CORRESPONDENT APRIL 07, 2015 In Japan, food fads come and go. They can be as fleeting as the cherry blossom petals that bloom and fall to the ground just days later. The latest is a stuffed, roasted seaweed and rice sandwich called onigirazu. It is actually an old fad enjoying a …
Read moreBoston Ballet’s Nissinen cooks a Japanese dinner
By Debra Samuels GLOBE CORRESPONDENT DECEMBER 02, 2014 Dressed in black, with a black apron, Mikko Nissinen is stylish and cheflike standing over an outdoor grill on the deck of his South End home on a chilly November evening. He is roasting a meaty tuna collar for a Japanese-inspired menu. The Finnish-born Nissinen, artistic director of …
Read moreAsian style cole slaw with toasted ramen noodles
APRIL 29, 2014 Serves 8 The tang of vinegar and zing of ginger add a nice bite to the dressing for this Asian-inspired slaw made with toasted ramen noodles. For the longest time, says Margie Yamamoto of Lincoln, who has made it for years, she thought it was an old family recipe. Her sister, Shirley …
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From the Boston Globe At popular restaurants in town, weekend brunch can attract a full house all morning and well into the afternoon. It’s the antidote to a late night out, it’s the ideal celebration for the new grad and a multi-generational family, and it’s a menu that can be lavish, leisurely, savory, sweet, or …
Read moreCommercial gefilte fish replaces Jewish grandmothers’
By Debra Samuels | GLOBE CORRESPONDENT APRIL 08, 2014 Mention gefilte fish to anyone who is Jewish, and some will smile, others cringe. This Eastern European specialty is an acquired taste. But it is also a memory trigger from Friday night Sabbath dinners and Passover holidays. Gefilte fish are dense oval balls made with varying amounts of …
Read moreBento Bash for the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.
How do you prepare bento for 150 people? With a lot of help! Make twenty tamagoyaki (Japanese egg omelet) rolls cut each into 8 pieces! With a sakura shaped vegetable cutter, stamp out 150 cherry blossom daikon flowers! Take 40 pounds of soy sauce braised chicken thighs made for us by Ben Lin of B.Lin …
Read moreBento:Build a Better Lunch
Debra Samuels, bestselling author, food writer and cooking instructor, wants to give the American lunchbox a makeover. In the chapter on “bento,” the traditional Japanese lunch box, in her upcoming book, My Japanese Table, Debra encourages the use of color, texture and taste to create healthier and more visually appealing meals.
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