Today on Gourmet: Eight great teahouses in the Pacific Northwest Ever been lured off-menu at a tea shop? I have. “Are you into Japanese teas?” asked the guy at Tea Zone when I ordered a pot of sencha. Reaching below the counter, he produced a deep-steamed green tea from Kagoshima, Japan, that cost me an […]
Iris and I were playing our current favorite video game, Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People and came to a part in Episode 3 (Baddest of the Bands) involving a song about a fondue pot. “What is fondue?” asked Iris. I explained that you melt some cheese and dip stuff in it. “We should […]
Yesterday I stopped for lunch at Samurai Noodle, a ramen place near Uwajimaya. I was going to order my usual tonkotsu ramen (pork broth) until I noticed that they’d added miso ramen since my last visit. Miso is my favorite ramen at my favorite ramen shop, Kintaro in Vancouver, so I went for it. Good […]
This month on Culinate: Wok this way: How to stir-fry Use a wok, right? Well, if you have an indoor wok burner or an outdoor contraption, yes. Otherwise, a frying pan is better. (If you do have an indoor wok burner, I am jealous and don’t want to hear about it. If you have one […]
One of my winter break projects this year was making homemade duck confit. Even though I love duck confit, I’d resisted making it because I thought it would be hard. It was a snap. I used eight duck legs, three pounds of duck fat, and the recipe from Paula Wolfert’s Cooking of Southwest France, which […]
