Posted in New Risotto Sundays, Old World Risottos on Sunday, November 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
AKA the most ridiculously rich thing I have ever made.
Almost everything I cook is a bit of an experiment, but this dish combined two rather risky things I’ve never tried to do before: 1) making a risotto with beer, and 2) making a dessert risotto. But can you really go wrong with anything involving a [...]
Posted in New Risotto Sundays, Silk Road Risottos on Sunday, November 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Alright, so this isn’t technically a new risotto. It’s an old risotto (a week old, to be precise), made into something new: Japan’s favorite rounded triangle, onigiri!
Note: if you made your yuzu-koshō risotto extra creamy, this recipe won’t work. The risotto needs to be fairly solid and sticky in order to hold its shape.
Please enjoy [...]
Posted in Drink, Food, History, Restaurants, Travel on Thursday, November 1, 2007 | No Comments »
Sweet potatoes were brought to Satsuma in 17th century. Kagoshima is now the kingdom of Satsuma-imo.
(Kagoshima cookie wrapper)
I live in Kyushu, the southernmost major island of the Japanese archipelago. It lies a comfortable distance away from the locus of metropolitan Kantō-Kansai hegemony, and Japanese travel companies generally promote Kyushu as rural and relaxing, quirky, [...]
