Month: December 2012

Japanese Ozoni Miso Soup

Japanese Ozoni Miso Soup

Here’s a recipe from someone else’s kitchen! My travel bestie, known here as Tomato, is sharing her family’s recipe for Japanese Ozoni Miso Soup and I’m thrilled!  While I can honestly say my mom filled our kitchen table with a very international spread of food,…

Tomato Based Seafood Gumbo

Tomato Based Seafood Gumbo

Tomato based seafood gumbo is a spin on the stew popular in Louisiana, consisting of a strongly-flavored shellfish stock, vegetables and seafood.

Nian Gao Sticky Rice Cakes

Nian Gao Sticky Rice Cakes

Happy Chinese New Year! New Year deserves cake, so let’s go with these nian gao sticky rice cakes.

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Italian Braciole

Italian Braciole

Italian Braciole is an Italian dish, consisting of slices of meat that are cooked in their own juice or in a small amount of light olive oil.

The Makowiec Poppyseed Roll: An Eastern European Tradition

The Makowiec Poppyseed Roll: An Eastern European Tradition

I met Lettuce on our third day of law school and we immediately bonded over being science majors, not being from Louisiana and our Eastern European backgrounds, she being Polish, and me being Hungarian. Over the years, we’ve both realized how much these two cultures…

Tarta de Santiago

Tarta de Santiago

Spanish desserts, like Spanish mains, are simple and rely on the quality of the base ingredients to shine, and today’s Tarta de Santiago, or “St. James’ cake” is one example.  

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Healthier Tortilla Espanola

Healthier Tortilla Espanola

  Dining “tapas” style is the Spanish tradition of eating a bunch small plates of both hot and cold foods and in my travels through Spain years ago, Healthier Tortilla Española is undoubtedly a popular one.  It’s a style that encourages sharing, which is my…

Galician Caldo Gallego

Galician Caldo Gallego

I think it’s safe to say that we’re solidly in December and, thanks to climate change, it’s weirdly still in the 40s temperature-wise.  I shouldn’t be complaining since my morning commute has been rather pleasant, but I really want a white Christmas, and that doesn’t…