It’s raining in NYC today, and I didn’t feel like running to the market for groceries. I’m really really low on ingredients, but decided to see what I could come up with. For the last month(s) I have had some venison chops in my freezer, and have had no idea what to do with them. I decided to make a stew, and use potatoes, dried peppers and Japanese dashi as a base. It turned out pretty well. The venison, and especially the fat in the venison have a really rich flavor, so it added well to the stew. I cooked it in my pressure cooker. I also found some nasu (Japanese eggplant) which were probably going to go bad soon, so I broiled them with a resuced sauce made from two types of miso, sugar, mirin and sake, then added negi and goma on top. I also made a cocktail, which I love to create, but never blog about, that is very special. This Christmas my mother gave me her homemade cranberry liquor. It’s like limoncello, but cranberry. I mixed that with Contreau, rhubarb bitters and lime.

January 17th, 2010 by John (Cho-Tabetai)