Oct 182011
 
Burdock Daikon Carrot Pork Soup

It has been a while since I last made a soup with Burdock Root, 牛蒡 (also called Gobo or just Burdock).  While this root is literally the foundation for a common weed that some find pesky, burdock root is known in several Asian food cultures to have cancer fighting abilities and health benefits.  Europeans have also used this [Read More...]

Aug 262011
 
Radish Daikon and Carrot Pork Soup

  This is a classic soup I grew up with. It is in fact a soup that my mother still makes routinely from time to time throughout the year. In the fall and winter months though, this soup would be found in my mother’s soup pot more frequently, as those would be the months when the radish [Read More...]

Apr 102011
 
Daikon Tofu Dried Oyster Pork Soup

With Spring already here, the winter root vegetables and squashes are at a tail end of their seasonality.  And one of my favorite winter vegetables, daikon, will soon disappear in the supermarkets until the next winter season.  So while I can still find them, I decided to purchase some and make my last daikon soup until the [Read More...]

Feb 272011
 
Daikon Carrot and Luo Han Guo Pork Soup

  Early this morning, the temperature outside dropped to 32° F (or 0° C).  With the heater running all night and a few nights of not-so-good sleep, I woke up today feeling very dry and thirsty.  It was one of those thirst that I knew drinking water wouldn’t cure.  I barely had any moisture or saliva in [Read More...]