Eggplant Teriyaki

Teriyaki is a Japanese cooking technique used on cooked meat or vegetables, which are then glazed with soy sauce, white rice wine (mirin) and sugar. The end result is a delicious contrast of sweet and savory.  Today, you get an assortment of ready-made Teriyaki sauce to make this technique easier to redo at home. Here…

Sizzling Szechuan Eggplant with Organic Jasmine Rice

A sizzling hot plate of Szechuan eggplant is comfort food for me. Even though I grew up with Cantonese food, Szechuan cuisine has heavily influenced Chinese food here in Hong Kong.  In 2011, UNESCO named Chengdu, the capital city of the Sichuan province, a city of gastronomy due to the sophistication of their cooking methods…