Since seeing Michael Romano’s collections of Japanese knives (many were around $1,000, but some were custom made and cost him $5,000, which he displays, never uses) at one of the programs I organized last fall, I determined the need to graduate from my Global knives. I mean, I like them– they are basic and cuts […]
Author Archives: Moto Yamamoto
January 17, 2011
ReCPY: Just Another New Year in Rural Japan
I am from a town so rural, you wouldn’t believe it. Although Japan is portrayed as a metropolitan, clean, and simple city to Westerners, that’s not how real Japan is all about. Whenever I say I am from Japan, first thing people usually ask is, “are you from Tokyo?” This is pretty stupid, since it’s […]
January 10, 2011
ReCPY: Chicken Sashimi Fest
“HELP! I ate three bites of raw chicken, am I going to get sick?!” “I had chicken for dinner but it was pink. I ate it, but I am worried now. What should I do?” “Warning: FDA strongly advises chicken to be cooked completely before consumption.” These are what comes up on Google when you […]
December 13, 2010
ReCPY: Croquembouche for the Holidays
To conclude ReCPY for the year, I am writing this week on something that requires a huge amount of patience. I catered our apartment building’s holiday party, and since I live in a VIP building in Chelsea (we have a celebrity hair stylist, a professional hockey player, financial tycoons, a semi-successful artist, an event planning […]
December 6, 2010
ReCPY: Mama’s Japanese Curry with Kabocha
Let’s get back to the basics this week. Everyone loves Japanese curry, right? Like any family recipe, there are various ways to make this– it’s the best comfort food, especially in the wintertime. Since I’m traveling to Japan for the holidays, I made a huge batch for my bf for when I’m away. The basics […]
November 29, 2010
Lazy ReCPY: Addictive Beet Chips
Since my last post on an early Thanksgiving dinner, I went down to Fort Lauderdale, soaked in a lot of sun, darkened up the way a real Asian guy should look, then came back to a freezing NYC. I am depressed. I want more sun. I was going to write about my food experiences in […]
November 22, 2010
ReCPY: Early Bird Thanksgiving (The Booblicious Edition)
Thanksgiving dinner has become such a tradition in my household, and we hosted an early Thanksgiving dinner over the weekend. I am off to Florida now to enjoy the sun, beach, and a hassle-free Thanksgiving (if the TSA would just hire HOT men/women at the airport body check points, people wouldn’t complain so much, right?). […]
November 18, 2010
Modern Kaiseki: 10 Chefs/10 Courses
The Gohan Society is a non-profit organization bridging together US and Japan through food. Their programs are quite intricate and very educational. For example, they had a series on “how to use fish” courses, targeted to professional chefs, from filleting the whole fish to fresh eel butchering to ike-jime. The students, from Wilie Dufresne (WD […]
November 15, 2010
ReCPY: Yamahomo vs. Ladurée: Black Sesame + Kinako Macarons
PREFACE Yamahomo vs. Ladurée (Part 1 & 2) Yamahomo vs. Ladurée (The Battle Continues) Yamahomo vs. Ladurée (Trial 4, 5 & 6) Yamahomo vs. Ladurée (Matcha Macarons) I know, I know, I have to revisit the Flødeboller Battle, but it takes too much effort so I diverted to macarons this week. You may be sick […]
November 8, 2010
Battle ReCPY: Road to the Perfect Flødeboller (Trial 1 – Complete Fail)
Welcome back to another Yamahomo baking battle. Now that I have completed my macaron battle (yeah, I can still come up with different colors amd flavors, but this basics are covered and completed), I needed something else to tackle. When I saw Anders’ post on a flødeboller from Summerbird in Copenhagen (basically a chocolate covered […]