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A step-by-step recipe to making your own amazake, sweet sake, at home.
Step-by-step instructions on making Japanese sesame sauce, or gomadare. This sauce is ideal for shabu shabu, stirfrys, and as a dip for steamed vegetables.
Last week, I shared a bowl of nishin soba with you, and I asked you...
A gleaming school of herring greeted me upon my arrival on U.S. shores yesterday. After...
For some, winter may mean honey-baked hams and Santa Claus. But at my house, it...
Although I have embraced the fact that I have now crossed-over into 30-somethingdom, my diet...
When the persimmons and matsutake start populating the markets in Japan, so do the sanma...
The other day, Washi and I went to Uniqlo thinking we could just casually stroll...
Whenever I go see my 92 year-old grandma and have a conversation over tea, she...
Myoga madness continues as I experiment with the harvest from my sister's myoga plant. Last...
