Well, thank you! Yes, I have made a few contacts aboard about writing for publications such as you mention. You know, I have encountered what I perceive to be a slight bias toward women making the transition from foodie blogger to journalists/food writer.

I wrote a number of Kyoto restaurant reviews for a publisher of travel guidebooks in the UK and I hear that that book will come out in autumn of 2009.

We were honored to host a journalist from Bon Appetit this spring in Kyoto doing a story about tofu. That was great fun and that article is also scheduled for publication in the autumn.

I would absolutely love to write for some of the publications that you mention! Please spread the word!

More recipes on the way!

Have you considered writing about this to some of the major US food magazines, such as Gourmet, Food & Wine and Saveur? For us foodies here in Portland, Oregon, it would be a real hit given all of the incredible produce we have at our farmers markets. I’ve got to start spreading the word.

I’m with Arun…more recipes, please!

I love Chinese food too. I have spent a good deal of time in China. About 18 months total, I think. Mostly out in central and Western China (Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai and Sichuan), excellent food out there. I haven’t been to Guilin, I think.

About this recipe, I hope that you could try making it with something that you can find in the UK. It really is adaptable. Even carrot greens would work, I think. I haven’t tried it, but I think that any pepper plant greens would work for this too.