This is a dish that highlights fresh vegetables in all their glory. This is a simple dish that uses everyday staples but produces a lovely result. The core of the dish is soba, Japanese buckwheat noodles, earthy and delicate. The vegetables add texture to the soft noodles, the bok choy crunch, and the mushrooms a bite. The sauces uplift the dish, adding freshness. I loved this dish fresh, but to be honest, I later had leftovers, being too lazy to reheat them, and it was bette

This is a simple recipe of Italian origins, but one that pops with flavour. The magic combination in this recipe is the melding of earthy mushrooms and anchovies. Anchovies have long been used as an "umami" agent in the Mediterranean and European cuisine. Across the world, anchovies have been used similarly: Jeotgal in Korea, fish sauces, Nam pla in Thailand, and Nuoc nam in Vietnam; shaved, smoked skipjack tuna in Japan; and other dried, salted, fermented, and fish pastes.

For me, pasta is summer food, even a baked pasta like this one. Even as a child, I have loved baked pasta dishes; the oozy, cheesy goodness is what makes me crave these dishes. This is a simple bake, but one that always turns out so well. The spinach adds a touch of bright green to the dish, and the cheese and herbed béchamel sauce make all the difference, leading your palate away from blandness. The addition of stiffly whisked egg whites adds lightness to this dish, which fl