I love Ossetian pies. Russia is a great country for pies, and Stolle has long been my favorite Russian restaurant. The wide counter has pies from one end to the other, and I...
This is my take on one of my favourite Chinese appetizers, a salad made with what I believe is dried tofu noodles. (Correct me if I'm laboring under false impressions.) I love it for the...
So here's my first post, with photos taken with my new camera. After looking at these, my old iPhone photos are... a pain in the eye.
I was wandering around downtown yesterday looking for...
What have I been up to? Taking pictures. With my new, first, "real" camera - a Nikon.
I know my iPhone pics, heavily filtered and edited with Hipstamatic and Camera+, were far from...
Baby bok choy is common in Japan (but only the young leaves; we never see the sturdier ones in Japan) but they're usually eaten cooked. A nice green vegetable that I never paid much attention...
Ever since I had my first steamed artichoke with vinaigrette (I'm not talking about the canned stuff found in salad bars here!) I've been mildly obsessed with them. Artichokes aren't to be...
I love the smell of bananas in baked goods, but there is one major drawback - banana breads and cakes tend to be stodgy. However, when I saw this recipe for "crackly banana bread"...
New York is my home now, but I remember the summers I spent in Provence, napping in the garden all day and getting up to grab a few warm figs from the tree whenever I was hungry. The figs were almost hot in the strong Provencal sun, with amber-colored drops of juice seeping from the ripe fruit. A lot of my cooking has been influenced by Provence, despite my solid background in Russian, Japanese and Chinese cuisines. Mediterranean cuisines - from Italy, France to Spain will always continue to inspire me.