Yesterday, Clare and I served as volunteer assistants for Chef Mamie, one of the teachers of public classes at the Natural Gourmet. We were cooking for an event hosted by the NYWCA (New York Women’s Culinary Alliance) highlighting umami*. The “fifth taste” (after the basic four: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter), umami is strongly present in [...]
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The fifth taste
Posted in ethnic excursion, party, tagged umami on April 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ikan masak kuah belimbing
Posted in baked treat, dinner in, ethnic excursion, tagged chocolate, singaporean, thai on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Irene came over for dinner last night and I decided to make something a little special. One of the newest additions to my cookbook collection is a wonderful book (which I fear may be out of print) called Curry Cuisine containing curry-based dishes from India, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, as well as several “outposts” including Japan [...]
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