Notes about Recipes in this book

• Soy and ginger steamed fish

  • Rinshin on May 23, 2020

    Very similar to Chinese steamed fish with soy sauce, ginger, and scallions with an use of donabe similar to Japanese nabe cooking. This will work really well with moist fish such as black cod or flounder or something similar. I used frozen Pacific cod which was a mistake because the fish texture was too dry. Added pea shoots as well. Made very good tasting broth for rice. The vegetables and mushrooms were very good. Next time I plan to use more softer fish. Had leftover for lunch and served more like gumbo with rice. Broke the fish into smaller pieces and that certainly improved the dry texture of cod I used. Also added a small amount of green yuzu kosho and this really made the taste pop. Try yuzu kosho as an added condiment for brightness.

• Pork and asparagus stir-fry

  • meggan on May 11, 2020

    Used turkey instead of pork. I think this could have used a little more spice.

  • kari500 on May 19, 2022

    Agree it could use more spice. I realized this a minute or two before finishing and quickly added dried red pepper flakes, but next time I’ll add earlier. I used 12 oz Impossible meat, next time I’ll go with ground turkey. I loved this, the other two were sort of meh about it. Careful not to oversalt. L said the chili crisp is essential.

  • anya_sf on April 16, 2023

    I cooked a whole pound of ground pork, so doubled the wine, soy sauce, and sesame oil, and also added some white pepper. My son loved it as-is, while my husband and I liked chili oil on top. Quick, easy, and tasty served over rice.

• Triple-threat onion galette

  • Astrid5555 on June 06, 2020

    This recipe popped up on my Instagram feed several weeks ago, and when I found some scallions in my crisper drawer, I knew what I wanted to cook. I added half a leftover leek and substituted some leftover Emmenthal cheese for the Parmesan. The dough is a charm to work with and produces a perfectly flaky crust. Despite making everything from scratch the galette took only 75 minutes until we could eat it. Younger son said it tasted like a cheeseburger (mustard underneath the onion mixture - which I had hidden from him). This is going to be a definite repeat.

• Salty buckwheat chocolate chunk cookies

  • grindabod on September 02, 2020

    Three things I loved about these cookies: (1) so chewy-delicious, (2) the bigger chunks of chocolate, (3) that lovely flaky salt. Actually, make that four: (4) I didn't even make them myself, my boyfriend did!

• Sour cream and onion biscuits

  • meggan on June 02, 2020

    Left out the scallions and subbed some greek yogurt for sour cream. I thought they were very good and reasonably flaky.

• Ramen noodles with spring onions and garlic crisp

  • meggan on April 30, 2026

    I must say - this was quite good. We used it to accompany Japanese Ginger and Garlic Chicken from "Change of Appetite" - Diana Henry.

• Spaghetti al limone with asparagus

  • emott on June 04, 2020

    I think tagliatelle would be a better pasta choice - more similar to shape of asparagus. I chopped the garlic, ended up adding more grated lemon zest and more basil and serving with salmon.