The days of cleaning every corner of your kitchen for fish scales are over. This light, compact, and durable fish scaler, also by Benriner, is a tool that every cook or seafood lover should have at their disposal. This scaler...
The Benriner company hails from Yamaguchi prefecture in Japan and specializes in making some of the best kitchen tools around. Their mandoline is beloved by chefs worldwide, and Bon Appetit recently declared it as the as, "[The] Kitchen Tool [that] Makes Healthy Cooking...
After months of hard negotiating, Johnny is moving to the East Bay! Yup, we are moving in together, into a quaint one-bedroom apartment with views of Lake Merritt on super cheap rent. It wasn't easy to convince Johnny to move over to the sunnier side...
Now, Umamimart has never really been "in" on the "scene". We don't really get invited to hip opening events or get star attention from restaurants when dining. We have never paid too much attention to those kind of things -- we just like to talk...
Confession: I'm kinda tired of Asian food. Maybe because I eat it every day. So when my Mile High Dining Club friend declared he wanted to throw a Moroccan inspired dinner I was totally there. Moroccan, African and Arabian are probably the less trendy...
Happy New Year! I can't believe the holiday season passed so quickly, and now we are in 2012. Soon we will be bitching about the hot summer. I was in Japan for the holidays, and had quite a few good food moments. I am really thankful to...
Do you serve your best food on ugly plates? Are you still using the saucers from your mom's back closet from when you moved away from home? Or do you instead spend all your birthday money on new additions to your Floral Heaven...
We all know how even the saddest piece of stale-ass bread can taste so good when we're out in nature, hungry after a walk and enjoying the snack with friends and the singing birds. When you talk about umami, it's not just about the flavours...
