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Umami Days

Umami Days

Meaty with a dash of veggies

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    • Cooking ingredients
    • Kitchen tools
  • Food Tales
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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

Kitchen

Divided into three sub-categories — ingredients, how-tos and tools — this section includes tips on choosing a kitchen countertop (in case you're remodeling) and kitchen organizing.

Roasted duck breast fillet served over creamed spinach

How to sear and roast (or braise) duck breast fillet

Beef on chopping board

How to tenderize meat for stir fries

Fresh whole squids on chopping board

How to clean fresh whole squid (calamari)

Scoring a fish by making diagonal slashes

How to score a whole fish

Century eggs the vegetables and sauce

Are century eggs preserved for 100 years?

Napa cabbage and bok choy

How to cook Chinese cabbage

Spice jar labels made with Niimbot inkless label printer

How to store dried herbs and spices

Deep frying fish fillets

How to remove fishy taste and odor from used cooking oil

Bitter gourd / melon (ampalaya)

How to minimize the bitterness of bitter gourd / melon

Boiling fish head and bones to make stock

How to make fish stock

Tamarind tree with fruits and leaves

How to extract tamarind juice

Fermented black beans (tausi)

Chinese fermented black beans (douchi)

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