Chrysanthemum Greens and King Trumpet Mushrooms with Grated Daikon Radish 春菊とエリンギのみぞれかけ

The vendors at local farmers markets are bringing in more and more Asian vegetables. I was pleasantry surprised when I found chrysanthemum greens. Chrysanthemum greens, or shungiku in Japanese, is a popular vegetable used in nabe, soups, and aemono. It is also used in other Asian cuisines.

Chrysanthemum greens (photo from Wikipedia) 

Daikon is also available at farmers markets usually in winter and spring. Asian markets and stores like Whole Foods sell them year-round.

Click "Read more" for the recipe in English and Japanese.

Tucson Festival of Books

This is my third year volunteering for the Tucson Festival of Books. Although my favorite authors have been dead for quite sometime and they are unable to be physically present at the festival, it is always fun to attend various types of seminars and workshops. Last year, I spent a lot of time in culinary tent enjoying seminars on Indian food, wine, Mexican sweets and many other things. The festival invites authors in various genres, so there is something for everyone.

New Blog: Inspire Me

Problem: my bookmark list is now enormous with websites unrelated to this blog's objective and unsuitable to share here.
Solution: create a new blog dedicated to post all sorts of inspiring sites, articles, videos, and music.
Inspiration comes from everywhere.