Labor of love for a cold day on a long weekend: Smoked salmon and salmon jowl chowder topped with smoked gouda.

Salmon heads are delightfully cheap at the seafood counter. It's good to ask if they'v...

I really wanted to grill some mackerel, (but I also picked up some gorgeous rainbow trout) and enjoy some sake with some izakaya (Japanese bar)-type snacks. I ordered some dishes from my fave Japanese...

A quick catch-up on holiday meals going into 2022. Happy New Year! New Year's Day: Champagne and caviar brunch. New Year's Eve: Chinese hot pot with ribeye, half shell scallops, abalone, tilapia, shri...

This was fun! Every ingredient that came out the fridge was more magical than the last; I really felt like I was back in culinary school with all those top-notch ingredients again. Lobster mac from fr...

I'm supposed to be working on my python final projects, so of course I'm doing anything but, usually cooking Instead here's pumpkin ravioli with marsala scallops topped with white truffle oil mushroom...

Sichuan fragrant spicy boiled fish is one of my favorite things to make. I'm using a premade seasoning packet, but I'm hoping to soon start it from scratch. The sizzling oil added as a garnish is deli...

It was an anything goes, choose what you like day at the store, so we have some very chaotic menus for Christmas Eve & Christmas day planned:

Christmas Eve:

• Korean-style fried chicken • Home fr...

It was a day of celebration with my mother visiting, and we settled in for a day of some favorite decadent things. We decided on some Guy Ritchie films, so in addition to Trash King Arthur - er, I m...

My mother is visiting us, and we're having a decadent breakfast before heading outside. I surprised her with a Bloody Mary sprinkled with ground Sichuan pepper, and a plate of Ossetra black, gold, amb...