Shiitake Mushrooms Three Ways
The Shiitake is a widely versatile mushroom that has been considered a medicinal mushroom in many traditional forms of medicine, particularly in China and Japan, where they have been cultivating this restorative mushroom for thousands of years of healing. Shiitake...
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The Three Sisters: Planting, Growing and Cooking Together
In Native American tradition corn, beans and squash form a sacred trio known as the Three Sisters: the physical and spiritual sustainers of life. Planted together, and traditionally cultivated and harvested by women, these crops grow in perfect harmony and...
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Ancient Persia: Bright hues, complex flavors and vibrant culinary traditions
Since at one point the Ancient Persian empire, under Cyrus the Great, stretched all the way from Egypt to India and parts of Greece, its culinary influence lives on in many of the world’s traditional ancestral cuisines. A pinch of...
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At home in Marrakech
Marrakech is home. Arriving here, smelling the spices, feeling the light, absorbing the warmth: that is what the feeling of home is. In our family abode here, the queen of the house is actually the chef, Majida. She has been...
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Hara Hachi Bu: the medicine of moderation
Hara Hachi Bu is a Confucian teaching that invites people to eat until they are around 80% full. The principle originates from the Blue Zone region of Okinawa, where inhabitants experience comparatively low rates of heart disease, cancer and stroke....
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Liquid Aminos: Fermented Umami Goodness
Nobu founder Nobuyuki Matsuhisha once said “my cooking is just ingredients, plus umami”. With its roots in Japanese cuisine, umami is one of the five taste sensations (alongside salty, sweet, bitter, sour) and was said to be identified in 1908...
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Dish highlight: The KC Soup and Japchae
In Korea soup is a love language in itself. There are four words for it (guk, tang, jigae and jeongol), and one to honor every celebratory occasion. Served year round as both a main and a side, it brings warmth,...
