This recipe and these photos are from my friend, Peter, who puts people to sleep for surgery and wakes up peoples’ taste buds with food like this. Besides being an accomplished cook, outstanding photographer and one of the few people in the country who repairs and rebuilds vintage Bang & Olufsen components, he and his…
Babi Kecap (Kecap Manis-braised Pork)
This is a wonderful Indonesian braise. “Wait a minute. Indonesia is a Muslim country, and Muslims don’t eat pork,” you may say, and you’d be correct. The thing is, this recipe is from Bali, which is predominantly Hindu. With that behind us, I love that different cultures have variations on the same foods, such as…
Crispy Shrimp with Peanut Sauce
The effort-to-delicious ratio for this dish is ridiculous. The shrimp are so easy to make, and the peanut sauce just puts them over the top. Note that you can use just about any type of starch in which to dredge the shrimp. I wanted a shatteringly crisp exterior, so I went with sweet potato starch;…