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Umami Days

Congee days and ramen nights

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  • About
    • The author
    • The blogs
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers
    • Salads
    • Soups
    • Main courses
    • Side dishes
    • Sweets
    • Snacks
    • Beverages
  • Cooking tips
    • Kitchen how-tos
    • Cooking ingredients
    • Kitchen tools
  • Food stories
  • Umami Art Club

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.

White, yellow and purple cauliflower

Cauliflower: kinds, colors and recipes

It's related to mustard, cabbage, Brussel sprouts and broccoli, among others. Although most people are familar with ehite cauliflower, the color can be green, yellow and …

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Coconut tree

A guide to coconuts for eating, drinking and cooking

Young and mature coconuts are used differently in cooking. The flesh of young coconuts are soft and sweet. Mature ones have tough flesh that's best for squeezing coconut …

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Sweet and savory spring rolls with different kinds of wrapper

How to wrap, store and reheat spring rolls

The English-speaking world calls them spring rolls although this Asian delicacy has nothing to do with spring. They are served fried or non-fried and fillings vary. The …

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Shrimps with pineapple and mango over rice

How to clean, peel and devein shrimps and prawns

How shrimps and prawns should be deveined and prepped depends on how they are intended to be cooked. There is a simple way and there is a special way if you don't want …

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Beef bone marrow: grilled, served in broth, cooked as a stew and served over pasta

How do you cook bone marrow?

Boil it, steam it, stew it, roast it... Serve in broth, over pasta, with vegetables, spread on bread or just scrape it from the bone and eat it. How to cook bone marrow …

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How to julienne vegetables

How to julienne vegetables

Any food item can be julienned but the technique is most often applied to vegetables. What does "julienne" mean?

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Simmering chicken gizzards to tenderize

What’s the difference between giblets and gizzards?

You’ve seen or heard both terms especially in relation with chicken, duck and turkey. During Thanksgiving, especially, when recipes for gravy list “giblets” or “gizzard” …

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