PROJECT New Tea

PROJECT New Tea

PROJECT New Tea is about brewing and enjoying NEW TEA (shin cha 新茶)… Please try YOUR hand at preparing new tea (available online and in specialty shops around the world). And when you do, share your kitchen activity with us: post to KCCC. Please include photos...
Project Flower-Inspired Rolled Sushi

Project Flower-Inspired Rolled Sushi

Flower-Inspired Rolled Sushi Use your imagination to create rolled sushi inspired by flowers. To get you started, here are some basic recipes: This recipe for CLASSIC SUSHI MESHI includes instructions on cooking and seasoning rice, and information on the wooden tub in...
Project RED Foods and Tableware

Project RED Foods and Tableware

Recipes for Red Foods Generations of Japanese have been well nourished daily by modest meals following a simple pattern: soup, rice, and a few other dishes. This easy-to-compose menu model called ichi jū san sai (一汁三菜 ) that satisfies hunger while fulfilling...
Project NAGA NEGI

Project NAGA NEGI

NAGA NEGI・長葱 Indispensible in nabé (hot pot) cookery, as a condiment and in soups all parts of naga negi (Allium fistulosum) are edible. Plan from the start to use the plant fully. If your naga negi have roots attached, wash them thoroughly to remove all the dirt that...
Project HAKUSAI

Project HAKUSAI

Using HAKUSAI fully A favorite wintertime vegetable in Japan, hakusai cabbages are increasingly available in Asian groceries throughout the world. A whole head averages 2 kilo (about 4 and 1/2 pounds). I encourage you to buy one (or at least a half or quarter-head...
Home-Style Meals with Ichiya-boshi

Home-Style Meals with Ichiya-boshi

Making a Home-Style Meal featuring ichiya-boshi  Traditionally, bountiful catches of fish were gutted, salted, and set out to dry in order to extend their shelf life. The generic term for these sorts of fish is himono, literally “the dried thing,” though these...