Japanese food

Sauteed shishito peppers in miso/sake sauce with bonito flakes

Mushroom rice (shiitake gohan).  The rice is boiled in dashi, soy sauce, and sake along with diced fried tofu cakes (abura age) and later the broiled shiitakes.

Abalone and kiwi salad.  The dressing is lemon juice and light soy sauce.  I steamed the abalone for over two hours before cleaning it--a lot of work for this little dish.

The latter two dishes follow recipes in Shizuo Tsuji's Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art.