Crudo. Raw. Rather than cooking, this fish is transformed by a highly concentrated salt brine and a large surface area to volume ratio, which allows it to cure quickly all the way through, concentrating flavor and firming up texture. I’ll be honest, this fish shines on its own. Glowing and translucent, a jewel like this…
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Buffalo Baked Cauliflower: A Recipe Development Behind the Scenes
One of my motivations for this blog is to share some of the thought process that guides my cooking decisions. Recipes aren’t infallible, and it’s important to be able to use your judgment as a cook rather than blindly follow written instructions from a potentially unknown source. Other times you might trust the recipe but need to…
Foodies Fighting Hunger Edition: Galette of Slow-Roasted Tomato, Caramelized Onion and Corn, and Cheese
This post is part of a campaign that Jewhungry started in the food blogging community to raise awareness of poverty and hunger, in the process acknowledging our financial privilege and challenging us to create a nutritious dish for less than $5. She partnered with MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger to provide more information on…
Quinoa Sushi Salad
After hanging my shingle on Instagram almost half a year ago, I’m happy to present my inaugural blog post in honor of my wife, who supported this passion from the beginning and tolerated many cooled down but well-photographed dinners. I’ll spare you the rest of the mushy stuff for another time. She came up with…