Condiment Quiz
Sushi Trivia
Sushi Trivia
Sushi was first served in which century?
- 1600s
- 1700s
- 1800s
- 1900s
Omakase is:
- Fish wrapped in radish
- An apprentice sushi chef
- A
The New York Times Dining & Wine in 60 seconds: Manga, kasha, collards

Get ready for fall's massive, massively expensive cookbooks - The Fat Duck Cookbook ($250!), A Day at el Bulli (500 pages), Thomas Keller's Under Pressure ($75 and 300 pages) and others.
The unlikely pairing of manga and wine takes Tokyo by storm.
Restaurants are hardest hit in the parts of the country most affected by the economic crises. Really?
The Minimalist does kasha varnishkes, buckwheat pasta with onions and chicken fat. Seriously, it's better than it sounds.
A recipe for collards with cranberry beans and andouille sausage.
Eric Asimov discusses the sinister-sounding "suitcase clones" - grape clippings stolen from venerable vineyards and replanted elsewhere.
Small-batch soy sauce is here.
Breakfast Fried Rice
The name of this recipe immediately brought to mind Chinese food, of course, and I've never thought of fried rice as a particularly breakfast-ish food. But if you think about it, a lot of fried rice has eggs and onion in it, so why not? And this one goes one step further and includes bacon.
The recipe is from Chow, but the picture is from flickr. It's a different recipe (ham instead of bacon and no soy sauce), but I couldn't find a pic of the Chow recipe, which is after the jump.
Friday Happy Hour: Happy Hour Mushrooms

OK, OK, this is a little twist to our usual "Happy Hour" feature. It's not a drink but a recipe with the words "Happy Hour" in it. But it is a good appetizer to eat while drinking and it does have wine in it, so I think it fits.
It's Happy Hour Mushrooms, and utilizes monterey jack cheese, garlic, butter, wine, soy sauce, and Ritz Crackers. Full recipe after the jump.











