Yakity Yak Yakitori
Japanese Entree YAKITORI INGREDIENTS ½ cup mirin 1⅓ cups sake or dry white wine ½ cup soy sauce ¼ cup sugar 1 pound boneless chicken thighs 4 green onions SPECIAL UTENSILS grill 8 10″-bamboo skewers […]
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Miso Ramen Soup and Number One Son
Japanese Soup MISO PORK RAMEN INGREDIENTS 1 pound pork 1 garlic cloves (2 additional cloves later) 3 tablespoons soy sauce 3 eggs 2 garlic cloves 1″ ginger root 5 stalks green onions (white and green […]
Shrimp Tempura, Earthquakes, and T-Rexes
Japanese Appetizer SHRIMP TEMPURA INGREDIENTS 2½ cups vegetable oil (or enough to cover shrimp) 1½ cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ¼ cup cornstarch ¼ teaspoon salt 1 egg yolk 1 cup ice-cold water 1 […]
Tuna Melt and How the Cheeseburger Won World War II
American Entree TUNA MELT INGREDIENTS 2 5-ounce cans albacore tuna 1/3 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup diced celery 2, tablespoons minced yellow, brown, or red onon 1 teaspoon dill weed 1/8,teaspoon pepper 1/4 teaspoon salt 2/3 […]
Moderate Max Mollifies My Musings About Elvis
The anniversary of Elvis’s death is a week off but my former neighbor Crazy Lyle has insisted for years Elvis isn’t really dead. But then, who is buried in his grave? When burdened with such […]
Teaching Parisians Not To Be Rude
Paris is launching a campaign encouraging residents to be nicer to tourists as their reputation for being impatient and rude is impacting the tourism trade. There is a new website that teaches the French what […]