Sushi Party Platters! Part II

The best circumstances for making sushi are usually when someone else is buying the ingredients. So, I was more then happy to put together some rolls for a group of people at the Outer Banks in North Carolina recently, especially considering the quality of the ingredients involved. Tuna and salmon and krab, oh my! I [...]

Sushi Party Platters! Part I

Not too long ago, Drew and I went on a Grande Voyage to the East Coast, where we visited with various people. As it turns out, if you know how to make sushi, people like to have you around for their gatherings. This works out well for me, as I like to have people want [...]

Namiko’s Sushi in Arvada, CO

Namiko’s is a sushi restaurant which is only a 15 minute walk from where we live. Or a 5 minute drive (closer to 8 minutes during rush hour). Or around 7-8 minutes to bike. In any case, we’ve lived near it for about 9 months now, and for some bizarre reason haven’t gotten around to [...]

Coctel de Camarones: Both Delicious and Shrimptastic

Coctel de camarones is Spanish for “shrimp cocktail”, but it’s quite different than shrimp cocktail. The English-speaking version of shrimp cocktail generally involves giant shrimp which are dipped into a red cocktail sauce – delicious, but primarily an appetizer. Coctel de camarones, however, is a cold soup filled with vegetables and shrimp, sort of like [...]

Sushi! Featuring Seaweed, Avocado On Top, Plus Pacific Mercantile Indulgence

I recently got goaded again into making sushi for a potluck at Drew’s work. This has caused me to become more efficient with the sushi-making itself, as most of it has to get done in the morning before he goes to work. I could always make it the night before, but there’s two problems with [...]

In honor of Easter, here’s some tilapia fish tacos

It’s weird how the definition of vegetarianism seems to shift depending on which group you’re talking about. If you’re Buddhist, you might consider garlic and onions to be non-vegetarian. If you’re Catholic, “meatless friday” during Lent means eating fish. Or Capybara (a.k.a. an R.O.U.S.), which was declared to be a fish by the Catholic church [...]

Achieving perfect sushi rolls at 8 in the morning

I’ve never made sushi at 8 in the morning until this past Wednesday happened. Drew promised people at his work I’d make sushi, and I knew making it the night before would make it dry and not nearly as appetizing by potluck time, so I decided to make it in the morning. This, of course, [...]

Sushi made with tilapia and topped with exciting things

So a little while back, Drew and I went to a local Asian grocery store that specialized in Japanese products. I wanted some sushi-grade fish, and being poor/cheap, decided to go with some tilapia. I already had some regular tilapia in my freezer, so I figured they could keep each other company. I recently impulse-bought [...]

Grilled Scallops and Fishes and Plants

I miss having grill access. See, it’s like this: if you’re never had grill access before, not having grill access is no big deal. You’re all like “Whoop de do, I could pull that off on my George Foreman anytime I want.” But then, you are gifted with the opportunity to use a real grill, [...]

Black beans and ceviche and other Mexican-like items best eaten in tubes

I recently decided to make the leap. The Bean Leap. I’d long been in the habit of buying pre-canned black beans for all of my black bean related purposes. At some point, however, I realized I could buy them in dry form, and it would have dual benefits. First, less salt. Second, more dollars! The [...]

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