Fluke and flounder, both of fish, have oval shaped flat body, and they look alike very much. One side of the fish is dark brown in color and, the other side, very white. This is the side, which always stays on the bed of the sea. When you place fluke and flounder belly side facing you, fluke has its head on the left side, and flounder, on the right side. You also notice difference in size and shape of each fish’s head and mouth. Fluke has larger head and mouth than...
Read MoreChestnuts Rice and My Mom
After moving to America many years have past without preparing chestnuts rice in the fall. My excuse was that I couldn’t find the chestnuts, which have the same sweetness, quality and meaty fruit as the Japanese one. Chestnuts was my father’s favorite fall dish, so my mother made the chestnuts rice often during chestnuts season. I watched my mother making it every time and was always awed by her love and dedication to us. Delicious chestnuts rice did not come...
Read MoreSustainable Seafood Week, NYC, May 6-11
This is the week to learn about sustainable seafood. Please visit the below site and choose whichever events you want to participate! https://www.sustainableseafoodweeknyc.com/ You will find my event with Stephanie Villani of Blue Moon there. Union Square Greenmarket Fish Filleting Demo Hiroko Shimbo, author of The Sushi Experience and Hiroko’s American Kitchen, will demonstrate how Japanese culinary techniques can be applied to the seafood available in our region. She’ll...
Read MoreSurvival Gyoza Dumplings
“Cooking at Home” continues…hope we are doing this together. Three days ago I was thinking of bottom-crusty, flavorful gyoza dumplings, so bought ground lamb to make them for next day. I planned to buy dumpling wrappers on the day of the making as a short-cut preparation. Then, two days ago we were snowed in (well it was not too bad but discouraged me to go out for shopping wrappers), so I ended up making my own. It is actually very easy to make dumpling...
Read MorePreserve Cultural Ritual or Sustain Marine Resource
I bought locally caught herring from the fishmonger, Blue Moon, last Wednesday. Since Blue Moon won’t come back to the Greenmarket until next April I purchased extra herrings and porgy to freeze them for later consumption. I cleaned and filleted the fish, salted them a bit and placed them in plastic bags for storage. While filleting the herring I was thinking of herring roe – a must have New year food item. None of my fish had roe. It is anyway too early for...
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