My husband, Chris, has an unusual vice: buying refrigerators. “You’re so patient with me,” he says as he slices open another big box. The zip-zip-BRAP sound of cardboard flaps separating is one I've come to associate with the rearrangement of our living quarters. Perhaps it...
Greetings! My name is furochan, and I'm super stoked to be writing for Umami Mart. Welcome to my larder! For the last eight months or so, my home has been a dormitory located in an improbably posh part of Tokyo. Rent...
Ah, the joy of roommates. The Ramen Shaman lives with three other dudes in a house in Los Angeles, meaning our fridge is war zone of groceries for four people each cooking for one. But to be honest there’s not a whole lot of cooking...
My wife and I moved to São Paulo a few months ago. Now that we're here, I realize what it takes to get situated: mountains of documents, waking up at 4am to stand in line, passport translation, a whole lot of bureaucracy, and...
My very first apartment in NYC was in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, in 2002. Although the exact area has been redubbed today by developers as "South Park Slope", it was...
Hi Umamimarters! My name is Chiara and it's a pleasure and honor to be contributing to this here blog. Two months ago I purchased a townhouse in Los Angeles and to make up for this seemingly adult transaction, I've been drinking like I'm...
My first post for Umamimart and it's going to look like a confession of an ultra lazy cook. My mother did not bring me up to subsist on ready-meals and instant ramen. I used...
Why do all mothers pack their fridge so much? You might remember Kayoko's mother's fridge that took her three posts to dig up, and my mom's fridge was just as packed. Is it the war they experienced that...
I'm trying to take a new approach to Fridgin' Out- thought that it would be more interesting if just the more unique, peculiar items were featured. So I went through my best friend Khoi's fridge the other week and found...
I just nosed around the Akabori fridge (yes, I am still cohabiting with my parents, ok??!?!?), where I found three kinds of tofu. WTF?Left: San Jose Tofu, a local favorite- a little shop in downtown SJ where they've been...
*This week I asked Zach over at NYC's Midtown Lunch to give us a little peak into his fridge. You all know what he eats for lunch everyday- here's a chance to see how he do at...
Recently, I house-sat for my boyfriend's mom. While staying there I set up a small challenge for myself to only eat what was stocked in that kitchen. I found lunch to be the most difficult meal of the...
Went over to Chuchoter's place in Oakland the other night- she and her husband Tom have been super hustling with work and so I don't get to see them much these days. But I was in the area and when...
Preface: Fridgin' Out: Ambitious Deliciousness, Pt. 1Last week, Ambitious Deliciousness let us peek inside her freezer, where she stores her seaweed...
Hello readers,I'm the author of Ambitious Deliciousness, a site featuring step by step directions and recipes that inspire me. I hope to inspire people to cook....
Consider it a testament...
I've been saving this video by Mr. Chi-City that was featured on Today's Big Thing back in October, for a day that just needs some extra laughs. Today is that day. This video (titled "Keeping your refrigerator stocked will get you many women") is so obscenely funny that...
A single Japanese male rarely eats at home. He works all day, and drinks all night. The uncommon instances he eats at home usually falls somewhere within...
When I first got my own apartment in Tokyo, I could barely cover the moving expenses with my measly wage and couldn’t even afford a fridge. Luckily, it was mid-winter and I was able to make an impromptu fridge out on my balcony. Just in time for spring, I became...
Hey everyone, sorry it's been so long since I last posted. Here's my fridge door, replete with post-its, film schedules, receipts, etc.Our fridge isn't as impressively stocked...
