You may have tried shio-koji recipe which I have posted on June 12, 2012. I have been making it in this way until one day I found the fantastic short-cut way of making of this version from a Japanese cookbook written by Takako Nakamura. She has developed a super quick shio-koji recipe, which I call it Super-quick Shio-koji. Super-quick Shio-koji takes only 1 hour to make; the old technique takes, as you have done it, for 10 days during winter time. It...
Read MoreVery fresh eggs from American Masala Farm
Suvir and Charlie keep over one hundred chickens at their place, American Masala Farm up in Hebron, NY. Brown ones, spotted ones, snow white ones, sleek black ones and one with an impressive hairdo. They are beautiful creature. Each variety lays eggs in different size, shape and color. It is said that the average chicken can lay 300 eggs a year. On my recent visit to the farm Suvir made me a breakfast with a sunny side up from an egg that had just been collected. Look...
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