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Japanify Ingredients: The Definitive Guide to Homemade Dashi
May 6, 2010
Step-by-step recipe and instructions on how to make your own dashi at home.
How To Japanify: Preparing and Drinking Sencha
April 22, 2010
Every time I would go to someone's house in Tokyo, they would likely offer me...
Sir Grubs A Lot: Asanebo (LA)
March 31, 2010
When I first moved to Studio City earlier this year, my friend Trevor greeted me...
MOTO vs. Ladurée: Black Sesame + Kinako Macarons
March 20, 2010
I know, I know, I have to revisit the Flødeboller Battle, but it takes too...
Japanify: Making Natto in North America
February 18, 2010
A step-by-step recipe guide to ferment your own soybeans and make natto at home.
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...
ReCPY: Japanese Cheese Cake
June 8, 2009
I don't like cheese cake. Especially NY-style cheese cake, which is like eating cream cheese...
Japanify: Half-and-Half Rice
June 3, 2009
My new thing is to mix two kinds of rice, hakumai (short-grain white rice) and...
Taco... Rice!?!?!!
June 6, 2007
After Yoko's post this weekend about taco ricing in Okinawa, I was super intrigued. Have...