Radicchio, Apple, and Squash Tempura

Dipped in saba for a delicate starter.

thanks, equinoise! i used to go to this place that made a tuna “pizza” using tempura zucchini blossoms as the “crust”...

Frying Feast

Celebrate Hanukkah with lots of fat.

Bite the Antenna

Wires and spikes make up modern serviceware from Crucial Detail.

Winter Squash

winter squash

I have had pretty much no experience making tempura. I tried yams once but it turned out disastrous; they were still raw in the middle. My question is: since you only fry tempura a short while, if you’re doing vegetables...

Some of my favorite vegetables for tempura include renkon (lotus root), okra, shiitake mushrooms, shiso leaf, kabocha squash/pumpkin. You don’t see a lot of these here in the states, but these veggies are pretty standard in...

I have enjoyed them at Orris on Sawtelle. From their menu: "SQUASH BLOSSOMS stuffed with SHRIMP MOUSSE. Lightly fried, tempura style and topped with a black olive salsa"

I usually make a stuffing with caramelized onions, roasted garlic, cooked shrimp, olive oil, herbs, a little goat cheese and bread crumbs if necessary to bind. I think a tempura like batter is too much for squash blossems so I...

I just got back from the farmers' market where I scored some squash blossoms. I plan to fry them, but have never tried stuffing them. I also picked up some cheddar and feta cheeses. Can I stuff them with Feta, you think? Any...

Can anyone recommend places serving simply prepared squash blooms. I like mine dipped in egg batter and fried in olive oil or quickly deep-fried like a fritto misto or tempura. (I intended to replicate my Italian mother’s...

appear without embarrassing myself. So the first time I went for lunch with one other person. It was a $25 set menu that included a sizeable ‘appetizer’ of white fish tempura and shaved onion, followed by onion, squash...

I had stuffed squash blossoms at Mike and Anne’s in South Pasadena for the first time this past weekend and am now intrigued with cooking with them. Does anyone know where I can find them?

I just came back from a magnificent afternoon of digging in the earth at a local farm where we harvested our own lettuce, beets, radishes, Swiss chard, tatsoi, zucchini and unbelievably large squash blossoms (which we had to...

Bought a 2 lb. Kabocha squash yesterday at Whole Foods. Couple of questions, how long will it last? should I refrigerate it till I can use it? What should I do with it? I amhoping it can last till next weekend, as I went a little...