Here’s another Japanese dish that is absolutely delicious—and easy to make. “Toriniku” means “chicken meat” in Japanese, and “tatsuta-age” is a frying technique. You get the idea. It’s one of my favorite Japanese dishes, along with agedashi-dofu (deep-fried tofu). This recipe is based on one found in an older Japanese cookbook “Japanese Cooking” by Lesley…
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Baba Ganoush (Home Fries & Sweet Potato)
This upcoming weekend is father’s day, and Baba Ganoush, in the original Arabic, means “Pampered Papa.” This is for all of you dads out there. If there is one thing that I have come to terms with over the years – it is that I am extremely frugal in the kitchen. I hate to put…
Fried Onigiri (rice balls)
Rice balls in Japan are called onigiri, and they usually contain cooked rice and some flavoring, meat or vegetables. After a trip to an Italian restaurant that served an Italian version of these, I got the idea of making fried Japanese rice balls. Both my wife and I loved these, though they’re not the most…