What are enoki mushrooms? The enoki is a striking white mushroom with a tiny cap perched atop a long slender stem. Around here, it is more commonly called the “velvet shank”. Native to Japan, these mushrooms usually grow in clusters on tree stumps during the winter period. In the wild, […]
A water chestnut is the tuber – the root of the plant, like a potato – of an aquatic plant that grows in marshes. So it is not a nut, even though we call it a “chestnut,” simply because it looks like one: it has brown skin that covers white […]
Whenever people think of kimchi, they think of the famous napa or Chinese cabbage. This large, oval-shaped cabbage is an extremely important element of Korean and Chinese cuisine…and Asian cuisine in general, and not just because it’s the main ingredient in kimchi. So, let’s now dive into the history and […]
