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As the Talent Scout for Marvel Comics, my job takes me around the world. While I do thrive on the thrill of constant travel, being on the road and away from home for extended periods of time does take its toll. So when not meeting artists or reviewing portfolios, I keep my batteries charged by exploring the culinary culture and cuisine of whatever city or country I find myself in.
Photos of food. Videos of vineyards. Reviews of restaurants. Recipes for refreshments. This site is now my way of sharing my international epicurean adventures with you.
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Octopus Five Ways
I love octopus! Dearly. It’s one of my favorite foods. So when we were down at Eataly last week and came across a wonderfully fresh octopus, we just couldn’t pass it up. But it was quite a big beast, with thick, meaty legs and enormous suckers, just the way they should be. And even though they let us buy only one leg, the single limb came in around just under two pounds, which is a hell of a lot of octopus for two people.
So rather than settle on just one preparation for all that lovely, leggy seafood, Mutsumi and I decided to do a little tentacle tasting menu of our own… Octopus Five Ways!
And so it began…
Properly cut and fried at first to take full advantage of the lovely large suction cups, which are one of the most overlooked but unbelievably tasty parts of the octopus…
And a few small ones for other uses…
First up one this plate, from top to bottom were: a simple preparation of octopus fried in olive oil with just Japanese salt & pepper, or shiokosho; the middle portion was sauteed in soy sauce, sake and butter; and the last grouping was steamed in sake with an added dollop of yuzukosho there…
(Sorry about the messy, unwiped plate, but we had to snap and eat!)
Then there was wonderfully battered and deep fried octopus karage, which Mutsumi now informs me we neglected to take a picture of it was so damn good!
And last up was octopus rice, which was all cooked together right in the rice cooker for an outstanding seafood flavor that permeated the entire dish…
Octopus is really easy to prepare if you follow a few simple steps, and I wish more people would experiment with cooking it at home!
