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Bechamel sauce sprinkled with nutmeg

Did Béchamel sauce originate in Italy?

Hollandaise sauce, in ribbon stage, falling from a spoon

Flirting with French cuisine

Cooked offal and eggs

Do you eat offal (organ meats)? Why not?

Youtiao (Chinese fried dough)

Is youtiao the ancestor of churros?

Khao lam: Thai sweet sticky rice cooked in bamboo

Khao lam: Thai sticky rice cooked in bamboo

Mexican taco: scene from Taco Chronicles | Image credit: Netflix

Taco Chronicles

Homemade banh tet

In Vietnam, banh tet is a lunar new year tradition

Tonkotsu ramen in Osaka

Guide to ramen broth: shio, shoyu, miso and tonkotsu

Mature coconut

Non-food uses of coconut at home

Raw sea urchin (uni) over rice

Edible sea urchins and uni sashimi

Sangria

A punch called sangria

Sashimi rice bowl from Kuromon Market, Osaka

Fish roe and eggs: are they the same?

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Connie Veneracion, Chiang Mai, 2020

Hi, I’m Connie!

Welcome to Umami Days, a blog that advocates innovative home cooking for pleasurable everyday dining. No trendy diets, no food fads and definitely no ludicrous recipe names like crustless quiche, noodleless pho or chocolate lasagna.

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