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Yellowtail and turnip simmer with snow crab, shiitake, turnip, millet gluten, ginkgo nut, Kujo scallion, and yuzu

This cooking method makes the most of the seafood's flavor. All of the broth is transferred to the …

Pufferfish sushi, fermented crucian-carp sushi, Shirakawa sea bream grilled with bottarga, beef loin marinated in miso, king crab grilled with aromatics, assorted crackers with dried sea-cucumber ovary, bur-shaped deep-fried chestnut with its inner skin, small sea bream in a chrysanthemum-style sweet-vinegar marinade

For the hors d'oeuvre tray course, I had in mind an outing box lunch for this season — a 'slightly luxurious bento,' say, for maple-leaf viewing —…

Cod steamed with grated turnip, grilled cod milt

Jade ginkgo nuts, chrysanthemum-cut turnip, kuruma prawn, shimeji mushroom, leaf-cut kabocha squash, maple-leaf-cut carrot, ginkgo-leaf-shaped taro, pinecone-cut arrowhead bulb

Turnip and shark fin egg custard, shrimp tsukune with usugaki garnish, cod roe wrapped in yuba, shrimp-shaped taro simmered to soak

For the simmered-dish course's shrimp tsukune, I make it twice a year — once when new spring onions come in, and once in autumn when the firm…

Corn kuzu dumpling, turnip-steamed with thickened sauce

Uses "Ajinomoto" Knorr corn cream soup.

Tilefish turnip dumpling, oyster and napa cabbage roll, and hollowed-and-stuffed simmered eel

For the oyster and napa cabbage roll from the assortment of separately simmered dishes, I blanch napa cabbage, wrap it around oyster simmered in a…

Butterfish grilled yūan-style

Rosy seabass steamed with turnip

The clear-soup course is a blackthroat seaperch turnip clear soup. For the maple-leaf tofu, I made a red bell pepper kuzu-starch-set tofu and cut it…

Tilefish with turnip

This is the season when turnips (kabura) start to taste their best. When frost falls, root vegetables push moisture out of themselves so they won't…

Turnip kettle-simmered dish

For the simmered course, the turnip kettle-simmer, we carve a kettle shape out of turnip and fill it with a simmered dish made from ingredients the…