Toasted Sesame Seed Oil

2 cups Jasmine, Basmati or Rose rice, ½ cup soy sauce, ½ cup rice vinegar, ¼ cup brown sugar, 1

1 shallot, 2 - 3 garlic cloves, peeled, ½ pound carrots, peeled and cut into 2, ½ cup rice v

1 pound asparagus, ends trimmed, 2 T olive oil, Kosher salt and pepper, 1 shallot, peeled and

½ cup brown sugar, ½ cup mirin, ½ cup soy sauce, 3 slices ginger, smashed with side of knife, 1

1 cup miso (red or white), 2 T sugar, 2 T rice vinegar, 2 green onions, sliced, 1 T toasted