1 pint Strauss family creamery organic half & half
1 pint Strauss family creamery organic whipping cream
1 T mirin
5 tsp matcha
2/3 C sugar
2/3 C water
Combine sugar and water and heat over medium heat, bringing to a very light simmer. Allow to gain a very small amount of color, turn off heat, immediately add mirin & stir. [...]

Not too long ago I was visiting Peter at Red Blossom Tea Company–I was going on a little about the ice cream maker I had just purchased and not really had a chance to use yet. P’s sister, Alice, jumped in talking about some ice cream she had made with their Golden Monkey tea. Now, [...]

Miso marinated fish
For the slaw:
1/2 fuji or other firm apple
mixed or “rainbow” microgreens, washed & dried
2 large red radishes
gomashi or sesame seeds & coarse salt
brown rice vinegar
toasted sesame oil
Julienne the apple and radishes. Whisk the gomashi, vinegar, and oil together to make a light dressing. Mix everything together just before serving.

It’s nice to be able to get fish this quality already prepped for sashimi. On Saturdays, this has become a staple meal post-grocery trip. Some days, we find some great toro.

Let’s talk about comfort food. I took on my first porkroast after a pretty intense craving for some pulled pork mustered up a few days ago after having an extremely delicious pulled pork slider at the Alembic in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood near my house. Maybe it was the magic of the cocktails along with it [...]

Burdock root, Japanese leek, thinly cut pork, tofu, mitsuba & mixed miso with kelp dashi

Southern Biscuits
Make your biscuit dough and shape them and get them in the oven before starting the omlette, assuming you are not world’s slowest prep artist.
4 eggs, whisked with salt & fresh cracked pepper
1/4 small onion, sliced lengthwise thinly
2 small French red fingerling potatoes, about 3-4 oz, diced/small cubes
1/2 T butter
1 inch block of gruyere [...]

Broccoli Slaw Sesame Salad
1 stalk broccoli, stem only
1 small bunch mizuna, about 20 stems of different sizes
2 spring carrots, medium-small
2 radishes
1 1/2 tsp toasted sesame oil
2 tsp seasoned rice vinegar
1/2 tsp gomashi
1tsp black sesame seeds
Wash all vegetables and peel the carrots as well as any easy areas of the broccoli stem. Cut both into julienne [...]

Miso Fish (black cod)
Pizza dough
1/4 lb french fingerling (red) potatoes, cut into rounds 1/4 or less thick
1/4 lb butternut squash flesh, cubed or sliced  1/4 inch thick and cut into chunks
olive oil
garlic
Roast garlic cloves in oil in the oven, and remove when soft but not deeply colored or dried out. Puree in small food processor [...]