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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

Kitchen tools

We don't own a lot of specialty tools to avoid kitchen clutter. But the ones we consider essential and non-essential but still highly useful, we make an effort to care for to make them last. Included in this section are tips for buying a wok and how to choose the ideal mortar and pestle.

Mortar and pestle made of unpolished granite

Mortar and pestle for the home kitchen

Tajine going in the oven

Tajine pot: buying guide, seasoning and care

The correct way to use an empanada maker / molder

The correct way to use an empanada maker / molder

Applesauce and walnut ice cream in cone

How we make ice cream

How to use onigiri mold

How to use an onigiri molder

Non-stick baking pan

Lower the heat when baking with dark-colored pans

Muddled cocktail drink with Limoncello

How to use a cocktail muddler

Frying green beans tempura in carbon steel wok

Buying a wok? Make it carbon steel.

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