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Japanify Ingredients: Homemade Kewpie Mayonnaise
January 20, 2011
Love Japanese mayo? Want to put it on everything? Get the recipe on making your own Kewpie mayonnaise at home.
ReCPY: Just Another New Year in Rural Japan
January 17, 2011
I am from a town so rural, you wouldn't believe it. Although Japan is portrayed...
Tokyo JUNKtion: Hitsumabushi at Unagi Ochiai
January 13, 2011
While my husband is away in Tokyo this week, I dig myself deeper everyday into...
ReCPY: Chicken Sashimi Fest
January 10, 2011
"HELP! I ate three bites of raw chicken, am I going to get sick?!" "I...
Japanify: Japanese Eggplant and Chicken Simmered in Miso
January 6, 2011
When I crave comfort food, this is my go-to dish. It's quick, easy and cheap....
Japanify: Matsutake (Pine Mushrooms)
December 30, 2010
Matsutake are to Japan as truffles are to France. They are hard-to-find, fragrant, expensive and...
Japanify: Preparing Kanpyo
August 25, 2009
Kanpyo is a curious food - shaved calabash gourd. You can buy kanpyo dehydrated in...
Japanify: Goya (Bitter Melon)
August 11, 2009
I finally had the guts to buy a goya because there was a half-cut goya...
Japanify: How to Make Biwashu (Loquat Liqueur)
June 26, 2009
After making my umeshu and bottling it up for indulgence in October, I became restless....
Straight to the Source: Ramen Peep Show (Fukuoka)
May 7, 2008
Over Golden Week I went to Kyushu for some R & R. And when you...
Dream Shop TOMURU (Ishigaki)
April 12, 2007
I would like to go by the 1992 Vanessa Williams' hit "Save the Best for...