Category: Feature Ingredients
Cooking in Season
Yin Choy, aka Amaranth Greens
I have been eyeing up yin choy, the beautiful fuschia-stained green vegetable in the Chinese market. I am finally given an excuse to take some home and experiment.
Cooking in Season
How to Cut a Mango
Many of us are mango-challenged, which is completely understandable. Mangoes hide a huge, hard, flattened pit inside themselves, making it impossible for a …
Essential Thai
Ataulfo Mango: No Floss Needed
Spring is mango season. They are ripe, they are cheap, they are abundant. One of my (many) spring …
My Life in Food
School Day Large-Flake Oatmeal Method
The School Day Oatmeal Method is not really quick or dirty, but it works around a busy weekday morning, so you can still have a yummy, warm, filling, tasty breakfast. Better than cold cereal.
My Life in Food
Fun With Tiny Eggs
For all my knowledge about quail egg use in Asian cooking, I did not really know the egg of the quail. In honour of Eggy Weekend (excuse me, Easter weekend), I decided to delve into a quail-egg kitchen experiment. But from the moment my boys saw those eggs, it was game over for serious kitchen experimentation, and game on for fun with tiny eggs.
General
Cooking With Tea
This is almost the strangest thing I do – I cook with tea. Well, to be honest, I …
Extreme Foodie
FEATURE INGREDIENT: a very special seaweed
Inspired by a question I received today via email, I have chosen to feature a decidedly un-glamourous ingredient: …
Digital Kitchen/BBQ Thermometer with Magnet and Clock Timer
Asian Ingredients: A Guide
