I came up with this dish during my current residency at Rush Lane and Co in Toronto while searching for a snack that would satisfy the cravings of cocktail-swilling clients that went beyond the lazy route of simply deep-frying something.
I can't take full credit for this celery dish: I wish I was inspired by some innate genius, but, like many of the dishes I do, I got the initial idea from somewhere on the internet. Still, it took a week or so of R&D, during which I tweaked the ratios nine or 10 times to get the balance right.
Furikake is a Japanese condiment that is usually eaten with rice. My version has untraditional ingredients that I believe add a lot of flavour. Buy or borrow a cheap digital scale, as this is one of those recipes that are so infuriatingly inaccurate and annoying when done with tablespoons and teaspoons that they aren't worth making.
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