Homemade Bread

Homemade bread tastes better.

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Asparagas Beef
Somen

アスパラの肉巻きと冷やしそうめん
I was craving somen, because even though it’s in the 50s here in Chicago, it is June and I am ready for summer foods. I remembered my mom’s hiyashi somen, and a quick phone call later, I was boiling chicken breast in dashi stock with soy sauce, mirin, scrambling 2 eggs, and then julienning some eggplant to put in the sauce.

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Artichoke with Fresh Mayonnaise

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White Bean Salad with Chicken

A fairly easy summer salad.

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Soba Soup with Natto

Adding natto to soba soup gives the broth a creamy texture and is a great way to introduce someone to natto.

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Vietnamese Crepe

I followed this recipe by Slanted Door‘s Charles Phan, Crispy Vietnamese Crêpes with Shrimp, Pork and Bean Sprouts.

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Handcut Tagliettelle

Eggs In Flour Mountain

Handmade pasta is well worth the effort.

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Traditional Udon

Best noodle soup in the world.

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Sheared Egg

This is one of my favorite ways to prepare breakfast eggs, (my all time fave is poaching.) When you don’t feel like bringing out the frying pan, shirred eggs are good because you just pop the eggs into the oven.

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Whole Grilled Chicken

Direct grilling a whole spatchcocked chicken is harder than it sounds. I mean easier! No, it’s harder.

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