Dinner Rolls

Dinner Rolls

What a quick roll lacks is time, not less effort. This is what is important. This is the step that separates the baker from the apprentice, a quick roll from a great roll. 

Chicken “Stoup”

Chicken “Stoup”

My mother has lots of signature dishes, but one of my favorites is also one of her simplest: she calls it chicken “stoup,” because it’s a hearty chicken soup with more meat and veggies than broth (“Stew” plus “soup” equals “stoup” — get it?).

Gyudon (Beef Rice Bowl)

Gyudon (Beef Rice Bowl)

This Yoshinoya-style Gyudon (牛丼, literally “beef bowl”) with thinly sliced beef and tender sweet onions over a bowl of steaming rice comes together in 15 minutes and is the ultimate Japanese comfort food.

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