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Learning About Japanese Food Dishes
Japanese food dishes are based on combining their staple foods typically rice or noodles, with a soup and okazu, dishes made from fish, meat, vegetable, tofu and the like — to add flavor to the staple food. These are typically f (read full article)
What Would The Octopus Say About this?
Have you heard about the octopus in Germany named Paul that picked the outcome on the World Cup soccer matches? Now there's Loki the octopus in Minnesota that thinks Bret Farve is finally going to retire from football. I think I need an octopu (read full article)
Gastronomic Tentacles - Octopus, Squid, ... (The Treasures of the Deep)
Sustainable seafood ~ Squid: Treasure of the deep ~ "Gracing Mediterranean tables, (Italian, Greek, Spanish and Portuguese), a popular staple in Asian cuisine, yet the British shy away from squid."... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web (read full article)
tempo
Earlier this month new Italian restaurant Tempo, helmed by Japanese chef Yoshi Yamada (who trained in Michelin-starred restaurants in Sorrento, Sardinia and Florence), popped up along Curzon Street in swish Mayfair. Lured by the varied menu which in (read full article)
sushi (chirashi) in london – part 2
Judging from the enthusiastic response to my initial chirashi post (I received enough recommendations to last me till at least part 4), you lot are just as passionate about sushi as I am. As promised, here is the second installment where I check out (read full article)
DMBLGIT June - The winners
Would you like to win a few dollars for a bit of a shopping spree? Head here for the giveaway currently running on this blog.Just finished watching the marathon Spain-Netherlands World cup final match. It sure was "Waka Waka" all the way for Paul the (read full article)
José Andrés retira el pulpo de sus menús como homenaje a Paul
José Andrés homenajea al pulpo Paul retirando este alimento de sus locales hasta el final del Mundial José Andrés anunció este Miércoles la apuesta en Twitter: “Word, If Spain wins today octopus is out of all my menus! ” y h (read full article)
The Word Cup, A Psychic Octopus and Calamari
From the NY Daily News: CAPE TOWN, South Africa - All of Germany is in an uproar about what an octopus picked for dinner, and that does not bode well for the country's national team.Paul the octopus selected the container that had the flag of Spain o (read full article)
Tremors, terracotta, taralli...
Deciding to move away from the chaos of the city and retiring in one of Alberobello’s trulli cone houses–typical whitewashed dry-stone dwellings of the Valle d’Itria– has always been a dream of mine. This has however recently become a very tr (read full article)
Ingredient Wiki: Octopus
X The octopus is of the Cephalopod family. Mollusks with arms or tentacles They have two eyes and four pairs of arms with suction cups on the tentacles, a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms. Their sharp beak is similar in sha (read full article)
SIcilian Octopus Salad
X A lovely routine before I turn 13 years of age. My parents and I walk on the edge of the water on weekends. It’s the place to go and meet friends and acquaintances in the warm months. The food vendors set up their stands there and entice the p (read full article)
Octopus salad
Serves 4 Cooking time 1 hour + Ingredients 1 kg. octopus, cooked 1 medium cucumber 2 red bell peppers lettuce radicchio 2 small or 1 medium red onion a couple of bay leaves Olive Oil Few lemons Dry oregano Salt and pepper to taste Directions (read full article)
A table with a view – Grilled baby cuttlefish with crushed herb potato and tapenade salad – Garlic vinaigrette
Une table avec vue – Salade de seiches grillées avec pommes de terres à la tapenade et vinaigrette à l’ail This one will be among my favorite seafood salads…When you are in love with so many dishes, it’s hard to just pick (read full article)
Risotto Milanese with monkfish and safron.
Time prep 15 – 20 minutes Cooking 25 – 30 minutes yield – serves two For me risotto is a labour of desire & passion. The effort put in is by far equalled by the creamy delight that results. It shouldn’t be undertaken as a (read full article)
Under the Sea with Octopus Wedding Cake
Sarah and Daniel were married in Lanikai, a beach suburb of Kailua, at the beautiful Mid-Pacific Country Club on May 15th. This couple knew what they wanted for their wedding cake from the time they booked us. A four tier under the sea wedding cak (read full article)
movida rustica (artichokes con jamón)
For those who reside out of Australia, this may be the first time you’ve heard of Frank Camorra, chef/owner of the popular Spanish restaurant MoVida in Melbourne. The first cookbook he penned won a string of awards in his adopted homeland (he& (read full article)
Spicy Octopus Roll
Monday, 05.10.2010 It’s been a while since my last post, I’ve been overseas on vaca! - Enjoyed very inexpensive quality sushi in Hong Kong! Was Delicious! Well back to business as usual. Here’s a post on how to make a Spicy Oc (read full article)
Guest post – Green tea soba noodles with baby octopus, sundried tomatoes, seaweed and olives
Guest post – Soba au thé vert avec petits poulpes, tomates séchées, algues et olives One of the greatest gentleman in the food blogsphere, Lazaro Bernal form Lazaro Cooks kindly requested me if I could guest post on his blog. Of course, I a (read full article)
Guest post – Green tea soba noodles with baby octopus, sundried tomatoes, seaweed and olives
Guest post – Soba au thé vert avec petits poulpes, tomates séchées, algues et olives One of the greatest gentleman in the food blogsphere, Lazaro Bernal form Lazaro Cooks kindly requested me if I could guest post on his blog. Of course, I a (read full article)
Guest post – Green tea soba noodles with baby octopus, sundried tomatoes, seaweed and olives
Guest post – Soba au thé vert avec petits poulpes, tomates séchées, algues et olives One of the greatest gentleman in the food blogsphere, Lazaro Bernal form Lazaro Cooks kindly requested me if I could guest post on his blog. Of course, I a (read full article)



