This is not a blog about Japanese food. Japanese food is a mystery wrapped in an enigma, stuffed in a seaweed I've never heard of. But...

How To Season a Carbon Steel Wok (at the beach, or anywhere) The owner of the Wok Shop in San Francisco’s Chinatown stopped me on the way...

San Francisco Beer Week is here. Across the Bay Area taps are spewing the modern day versions of frankincense and myrrh; stuff so...

Stonestown Farmer's Market When I grow up, I'll eat dumplings for breakfast. Every. Day.

Hint: Not at the misleadingly named Cost Plus “World Market”.  Not only will you NOT find lemongrass there, you may awake from a...

Americans love pickup trucks. We love liberty. We love Coca-Cola and bikinis and cherry lip gloss and handguns. And Americans love…...

Why are there so few Hunan restaurants?  It’s a mystery and a travesty.  Every time I go to Henry’s Hunan I’m terrified that my...

In the spirit of research for my 500 word article on “Forbiden Rice” AKA Chinese Black Rice, I whipped up a batch in my own kitchen.  How...