12 Months of Cuisines Challenge
Join me in my “12 month of cuisines” as I learn how to cook a variety of new foods and learn how to make them friendly to a corn-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, and coconut-free diet.
Latest Italian Recipes from March
- Italian Cuisine Month-End Review
Well that clearly didn’t go to plan. The scheduling problem that started in February only got worse in March, primarily due to work life … Read more - Store Find: Manini’s Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Ravioli
Finding gluten-free noodles without corn flour or corn starch is fairly easy in grocery stores nowadays, but finding Italian pre-made items, such as ravioli, … Read more - March 2022: Italian Month
Switching things up this month and moving away from the Asian culinary regions, I’m focusing on Italian food this month for the 12 months … Read more
Latest Korean Recipes from February
- Korean Cuisine Month-End Review
It’s almost the end of February and the end of Korean Cuisine Month in this 12 months of cuisines challenge. February has been… very … Read more - Bibimbap Sauce (Cho-gochujang)When I go to restaurants I normally eat bibimbap plain. That is, when you order bibimbap, they often serve it with a thick red … Read more
- Grilled Mixed Rice with Vegetables (Dulsot Bibimbap)
Bibimbap is my go-to dish whenever I go out to a Korean restaurant that I don’t know. By default, it has none of my … Read more
Latest Japanese Recipes from January
- Japanese Curry
The last recipe I want to share for Japanese Cuisine month is Japanese curry. Japanese curry is one of those easy-to-make recipes that also … Read more - Ketchup Fried Rice (filling for omurice)
It’s surprising how many Japanese recipes use ketchup. Ketchup fried rice is a more modern Japanese recipe that took ingredients introduced to Japan during … Read more - How to Eat Natto (the tasty way)
Natto is a super healthy probiotic and prebiotic-rich food that is made from fermenting beans. It is sticky, slimy, and to the uninitiated, pretty … Read more
Latest Blog Post
- Italian Cuisine Month-End Review
Well that clearly didn’t go to plan. The scheduling problem that started in February only got worse in March, primarily due to work life but also due to social obligations and changes in daily routines. I did manage to focus my cooking on Italian food but as for writing about it, that just… never found time in my schedule to get done. Some Thought on Italian Cuisine I tried REALLY hard to cook “authentic” Italian (images of cranky grandmas tasting … Read more - March 2022: Italian Month
Switching things up this month and moving away from the Asian culinary regions, I’m focusing on Italian food this month for the 12 months of cuisines challenge! Italian food is very popular here in the US and yet… is not in my comfort zone. For one, I’m not a big noodle eater and pasta is pretty much the staple pantry item in Italian cuisine. Cheese (and dairy) is also the primary compliment and is also not friendly to my restricted … Read more - Korean Cuisine Month-End Review
It’s almost the end of February and the end of Korean Cuisine Month in this 12 months of cuisines challenge. February has been… very challenging schedule-wise. I have a backlog of recipes I need to write up and haven’t even researched next month yet in order to get started (it’s Italian…. I chose it. Italian is easy. Will explain in the future). Needless to say… I’m very behind and it’s weighing me down a lot. The main culprit to this … Read more