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Umami Days

Umami Days

Meaty with a dash of veggies

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  • Recipes
    • By meal
      • Breakfast
      • Lunch / dinner
      • Snacks
    • By main ingredient
      • Poultry
      • Meat
      • Seafood
      • Eggs
      • Mushrooms
      • Tofu
      • Vegetables
    • By carb
      • Rice
      • Noodles
      • Bread
  • Kitchen
    • Kitchen how-tos
    • Cooking ingredients
    • Kitchen tools
  • Food Tales
    • Edible Garden
    • Dining
  • Newsletter

Cooking ingredients

To cook any dish properly, a good introduction to the ingredients that go into it is a must. For example, when a recipe lists scallions as an ingredient, does it refer to onion leaves, or are scallions and onion leaves different from one another? What is the proper way to rehydrate dried mushrooms?  What is fish sauce and why is salt not a worthy substitute? What is shrimp paste and why is it such an important ingredient in Asian cooking? All these and more in this section.

Fresh and dried bean curd (tofu) sheets, dried bean curd noodles and dried bean curd sticks

Bean curd (tofu) skin

Split stalk of leek to remove traces of soil

Leeks: how to clean,cut and use in cooking

Truffle and truffle oil

Truffle oil: is It Really extracted from mushrooms?

sea salt

What’s the difference between sea salt and rock salt?

Honey and lemon halves

Honey: kinds, colors, grades and classifications

Yellow Cornmeal in Measuring Cup

Cornmeal, cornflour and cornstarch: are they the same?

Olives

Green and black olives: what’s the difference?

Whipped cream abd berries on cake

The difference between whipped cream and whipping cream, and how to whip whipping cream

Tiramisu and tea

What Is the difference between mascarpone and cream cheese?

Quail eggs

What are quail eggs and how are they cooked?

Yeast bubbling in jar

Baker’s yeast

Bread dough and rolling pin on floured work surface

A guide to flour for baking bread

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