"I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done." -Steven Wright This blog is going on hiatus for a while. I am suffering from a dreadful mental condition. Writer's block I write for a living. My law practice is writing. I teach a class on...

It may be a lowly, fast-food dish in Japan, often prepared from a sauce mix. Yet Japanese curry is one of my favorite Japanese dishes -- and one of my favorite curries. Its personality differs from the curries of India, Pakistan, and Malaysia. The...

I'll get back to curry later today. For now, try this Halloween quiz: Can you guess what this dish is and what Houston restaurant was fearless enough to serve it last weekend? When I was in 5th grade, my school had a haunted house. My job was to...

Thinking about curries This is the time of year for spices. In summer, I avoid spice. It overpowers the garden flavors of summer vegetables and fresh herbs. But when the weather starts to get cold, I hit the spice cabinet. Last weekend, I did my...

popping up everywhere I had never heard of tiradito before summer 2008. Randy Rucker had returned from Peru and served this tilefish tiradito with lemon verbena, fennel blossoms, and kimchee consomme. Since then, tiraditos have been popping up on...