Each dish was adapted to be more, well, Japanese, said Sakai, a Japanese-American cooking instructor who explores this combination of influences in her new book, Wafu Cooking.
As difficult as it was to process, another tragedy loomed over me, one far less visible to the naked eye — I never learned how to cook from her. Food was the thread running throughout my mother ...
Cottage cheese bits are cooked in a warm pureed spinach curry. One of the most popular North Indian dishes, Palak Paneer goes well with just anything from roti, naan, parantha to even rice.