Recipes for Tom

What I usually say about dishes using ginger for cold seasons -- ginger warms up your body --  is still true in hot seasons. Overly chilling...

Pickled fiddleheads fully boosted by kombu kelp. Yummy!

This dipping sauce takes full advantage of the mighty tomato, which is known for its high umami content among vegetables. Many dipping sauc...

Temarizushi , small globes of sushi with assorted ingredients, is another fun way to serve homemade sushi. Here is an example with ohyo hali...

Strong dashi is the key to a flavorful dipping sauce.

Kombu magic! For a long time, I didn't especially like simple sunomono dishes in rice vinegar-based dressing. I did not appreciate th...