Seared Savoy Cabbage Salad with Potato, Bacon and Scallions
5 Apr 2013

Seared Savoy Cabbage Salad with Potato, Bacon and Scallions

by | posted in: gluten-free, Recipes, Sides & Salads | 3

Sssizzle. One simple technique — searing — can add dramatic layers of flavor, even in places where you’d less expect it. A salad, for instance. I’ve had slightly charred radicchio and even romaine lettuce, but there’s something about sweet savoy cabbage, with its crinkly leaves, that tastes divine when given the treatment. Also, cabbage, in its many shapes and colors, is inexpensive, hardy, and readily available at a (yes, it’s still) winter farmers market. But the weather is getting warmer, … Read More

Seared Tuna Steak with Snow Peas and Ginger-Scallion Sauce
14 Jun 2012

Seared Tuna Steak with Snow Peas and Ginger-Scallion Sauce

by | posted in: Recipes, Seafood | 3

Oh indulgence, you sinful pride. I eat tuna fairly often, from a can, on bread or an olive oil-drizzled salad. The pale, meaty hunks of fish are pretty satisfying this way. But nothing compares to a thick slab of fresh-caught tuna, seared ’til just golden and ruby rare inside. It’s the perfect indulgence to pair with spring snow peas, also from local origin, and a zesty, tart, umami sauce with fresh, young scallions, too.

Savory Mushroom & Scallion Pancakes
29 Sep 2011

Savory Mushroom & Scallion Pancakes

by | posted in: Recipes, Sides & Salads, vegetarian | 4

Whisk, ladle, sizzle, and flip. These four steps epitomized the quick weeknight dinner for me during a certain time, when all I wanted to eat were Korean-style pancakes stuffed with fresh vegetables and anything-goes in the fridge. Those, and dunk — the sound of soy sauce soaking up the tip of one of them before it crunched in my mouth. It was certainly quicker to make than fried rice or noodles, another practical way to toss in any number of … Read More

Pan-Fried Potatoes and Turnips with Chili-Soy Sauce & Scallions
14 Dec 2010

Pan-Fried Potatoes and Turnips with Chili-Soy Sauce & Scallions

by | posted in: Recipes, vegan, vegetarian | 12

Here is a really good example of the fact that I’m half-Chinese. I have no idea what this is, but I just made it for a snack. It’s sort of like hash browns, but with turnip slices, and condiments fit for dumplings. I gotta say, though, it was a lot simpler to make than either of the above, and its taste satisfied somewhere in between.

Honey-Glazed Scallion Sliders (and How Now to Cook Brown Cow)
19 Mar 2008

Honey-Glazed Scallion Sliders (and How Now to Cook Brown Cow)

by | posted in: Meat & Poultry, Recipes | 14

After diving into pig fat and liver for that pâté, I wasn’t sure I was quite ready to grind up any more meat for a while. Lately I’ve been eating (and necessarily cooking) meat only once a week or so, like a pious, puritanical soul, though I couldn’t care less what day it falls on that I do. With all the disconcerting news about mistreatment of cattle in slaughterhouses and meat contamination scares eating away the very fiber of our … Read More