Miscellaneous with sake

Over at The Awl a few weeks ago, Jolie Kerr told us how to make margarita cupcakes with tequila shooter toppers! Those are pictured below, and apparently,[...]

4 (8 ounce) filet mignon steaks Kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper to taste 2 tablespoons olive oil 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 tablespoons finely[...]

The temperature, the air, the light. It seemed to literally happen overnight in Southern California. That very day I made a metallic tasting pumpkin loaf and[...]

French Toast 4 slices brioche 2 eggs 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 ounce heavy cream Sake Sabayon 1/2 cup sake 1/2 cup sugar 8 egg yolks 2[...]

Quoting – I mean, sort of – Billy Joel reminds me of the day I saw him and his teeny-tiny wife on Oprah. Katie Lee Joel was showing their[...]

1 each egg beaten 1 cup water cold 2 tablespoons white wine dry 1 cup flour, all-purpose 1 x dipping sauce * 1 tablespoon fish stock 1 cup water 2 tablespoons[...]

3 buri (Japanese amberjack or yellowtail) fillets 7 daikon radish cut into 2cm (0.7inch) thick round slices 4 slices of shoga (ginger root) salt kome no[...]

1) Tofu: 450 g (fine texture/kinu dofu) Eggs : 2 Crab : 1 small can/shredded 2) For the chawanmushi Dashi : 2 cups (konbu dashi or fish dashi ) Salt : 1[...]

1 lb String beans     Salt 1 c. Niban dashi 1 Tbsp. Sugar     Soy sauce 2 tsp Sake 1/4 tsp All purpose soy sauce 1/2 c. White sesame seeds, warmed & grnd[...]

5 Japanese eggplants 2 green peppers 4 T sesame oil 2 1/2 T white miso 1 T sugar 2 T mirin 2 t sake 2 t dashi (instant's ok, but read on to make your own) Cut[...]