Wholesome – Onigiri with tuna filling

November 29, 2015 by nadel&gabel

“Muss ich immer alles müssen, was ich kann?” (Do I always have to do things cause I can do?) – No, I guess, we don’t have to. Too often we think, that there’s no other way, we feel obliged to people, traditions, to-do-lists. But when we pause, when we refuse all the must’s, ignore the pile of work for a while, postpone tidying up the apartment and decorating for christmas, when we do mostly nothing, or only the things we […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, grains & legumes, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, spring, summer, Uncategorized, winter • Tags: gari, ginger, japanese, kimchi, korean, nori, onigiri, recipe, spicy, sushi, triangular, tuna

Self-confessed sissi – Mak kimchi

October 12, 2014 by nadel&gabel

For some reason I forwent kimchi for long. I had read and heard a lot about it, but somehow it didn’t sound – and look – appealing to me. Fermenting in general always frightens me a bit, I guess. In retrospect this is quite funny cause it was only a bit later that I realized that our – and my – beloved German Sauerkraut is prepared actually the same way… It took Julia from “Chestnut&Sage” – a blogger that I […]

Categories: dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, spread, sauce & spice, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: Asian, cabbage, chili, condiment, ferment, fermentation, fried, gochugaru, kimchi, korean, mak, nappa, pickle, preserving, recipe, rice, salt, season, spice