Classic Guacamole – How to Make Guacamole Like a Guacamaster

Classic Guacamole – How to Make Guacamole Like a Guacamaster

Appetizer Dips Mexican Food Vegetables

It’s National Guacamole Day, or at least for a few more hours it is. Having said that, there is no bad day to make guacamole. There are few things as easy, healthy, and delicious as this ubiquitous dip. However, unless you’re grinding your aromatic vegetation in a molcajete, or against [...]

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“Naked” Cherry Tomato Salad – Sans Skin for the Win

“Naked” Cherry Tomato Salad – Sans Skin for the Win

Appetizer Tips and Techniques Vegetables

I’ve wanted to show this “naked” cherry tomato technique for a while now, and after having something very similar at a Japanese restaurant recently, I decided the time was right. The tomatoes this time of year in Northern California are spectacularly sweet, and there is literally [...]

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Eggplant Escabeche – The Second Best Way to Eat Eggplant

Eggplant Escabeche – The Second Best Way to Eat Eggplant

Appetizer Dips Side Dish Spanish Cuisine Spicy Vegetables

The best way to eat eggplant is fried, which I’ll hopefully prove to you one day with a video recipe. In the meantime, you’ll have to settle for the second best way, which is this eggplant escabeche. It’s cold, refreshing, vibrantly-flavored, and I’m guessing, very healthy. This [...]

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How to Make Sushi Rice That Even Works for Sushi

How to Make Sushi Rice That Even Works for Sushi

Appetizer Asian Cuisine Rice Side Dish Tips and Techniques

I don’t make sushi at home very often, or ever, since we’re surrounded by top-notch sushi chefs here in San Francisco, but that doesn’t mean I don’t make sushi rice. I think sushi rice makes a perfect side dish for just about any grilled meat, and since it’s perfectly fine at room [...]

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This Tuna Poke is No Joke

This Tuna Poke is No Joke

Appetizer Asian Cuisine Rice Salads Seafood

There are many of foods I’ll stand in line for, and/or pay too much for, but Hawaiian-style tuna poke isn’t one of them. I can’t make a world-class croissant at home. I can make a decent one, but not a perfect one, so I’ll happily queue up at a boulangerie that does. However, when [...]

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