Follow my blog with Bloglovin Gobo, Japanese for Burdock root, is not the most common cooking ingredient, but chances are, you’ve seen it in the market. A quick search will result in the braised burdock root recipes, kinpira gobo, which is a common Japanese (and also Korean) side dish, but there are tons of other […]
If you’ve never heard of gobo, you’re not alone. Gobo is the Japanese word for burdock root, but it also goes by many other names in various Asian cuisines. While it is Native to Eastern Europe and Asia, it’s lost a bit of its popularity in Europe, where it started primarily as a tea or […]
Today’s Carlienne Cooks recipe is an easy one! It’s one of the simplest ways you can bring a taste of Hawaii to your home. One of the biggest things we can recommend our readers is that if they ever get to travel to the islands to try and find a place that serves traditional kalua […]
Burdock root is an unusual root that one has probably seen but just doesn’t know what to do with. With a Google search you’ll find that the only recipe that comes up is Kinpira Gobo which is a lovely Japanese braised burdock root, but there are so many things you can do with this ingredient. […]
We came across the Okinawan sweet potato while on our quest for ube, which is often mistaken for one another, but not the same thing at all. Here in the Bay Area, despite the high population of Filipinos, we couldn’t get our hands on fresh ube and the tuber labeled “ube” in the Asian markets […]
I (Carl) have never been super into the foods of my own people (Filipino). I have my favorites here and there but I tend to not really go for Filipino food at all! People get pretty shocked when I express my mediocre feelings towards the cuisine since I am also Filipino but just because I […]
Coffee and Ice Cream have long had a history of going well together, and whether that’s because both are appropriate at any time of day, or because they both have a way of soothing the soul, we knew that it wouldn’t be long before we try to tackle Coffee Ice Cream. For our first attempt […]
While I may be a diehard chocolate fan, I’ve grown to like strawberry ice cream – as long as it tastes like real strawberries. Unfortunately I grew up only knowing the strawberry that came in the cheaper Neapolitan ice creams, so it wasn’t until I tasted the strawberry from Curbside Creamery in Oakland, California that […]
The world of Chocolate is deep and mysterious and it turns out chocolate ice cream is much more complicated than you’d think. How you introduce chocolate will vary: cocoa powder or chocolate or even chocolate liquor. There are various reasons to use one or the other which will affect overall fat content, freezing point, and […]
Searching For The Best Ice Cream Base Ice cream is one of our most favorite things in the world! Our first date as an official couple was going out to get ice cream together so the sweet treat isn’t just delicious to us but holds a lot of meaning. Ever since then we have made […]
