書店では「おかずのクッキング」はすでに次号が売られていてその時のテキスト本は買えなかったが、今の8-9月号は夏場に向けての内容が充実しているように見えたので買っていくつか試している。ゴーヤにつけ込んだ刺身も良かったし、写真の夏野菜と鶏肉のマリネも好評だった。

There was a topic the other day with my French teacher about choucroute alsacienne and coincidentally a TV program of chef Yoshiharu Doi followed to make one, and it triggered me to try when a few friends of mine gathered. A very precise recipe of choucroute can be found in an American website “No Recipes”, but I took a more efficient approach according to Doi’s style, and it went well. My teacher did not really get it to make such a hot dish in this hot season.
The TV program’s textbook was already replaced with a newer version at bookstores, August/September issue, which was actually full of inspiring dishes so I bought it to make some of them. Sashimi soaked in bitter melon is a great discovery for the summer, and the picture here shows marinated vegetables and chicken, a very well received “okazu” by my family.