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The Many Faces of Nuoc Mia (Sugarcane Juice)
July 26, 2013
It's been three months since I went to Vietnam. For an entire week, Johnny and...
Conbini Cabaret: My Inconvenient Conbini Town
June 19, 2013
Conbinis are everywhere in Japan. Lawson, 7-Eleven, AM/PM, Yamazaki Daily, to name a few. You...
Conbini Cabaret: Conbini Sushi Cherry Pop
June 18, 2013
*For the next week, we will be celebrating conbini culture on Umami Mart, in preparation for the...
Kayo's Kitchen: On Adulthood, Canceling My Credit Card, and Getting a New Frying Pan
May 10, 2013
More and more these days, I'm starting to feel like a grown-up. I don't know...
MOTOism: In Memory of My Aid (2000-2012)
January 8, 2013
Aid, Kitchen passed away on Wednesday, December 19, 2012. She was 12 years old. Since...
MOTOism: Family Crabbing
January 1, 2013
Happy New Year. 2013 has started with a perfect sunrise in Japan. Hopefully it signifies...
Just For You: The Best Hangtown Fry in San Francisco
October 17, 2012
In the spirit of getting back into writing and sharing my thoughts more often on...
Great UM Noodletown: Idiyappam
April 24, 2012
Here's something I dragged out of my photo archives. It's from my trip to Kerala,...
Remembrance
March 9, 2012
Spring is just around the corner, and plum blossoms are bursting all over Japan, California,...
Skankynavia: Copenhagen Onigiri (A Tribute to Tokyo)
August 31, 2011
My city has experienced the wettest summer in the recorded weather history of Denmark. Just...
Skankynavia: My Japanify Diet
July 20, 2011
This is a personal post about being lost in culinary hell and finding the path...
Skankynavia: In the US (Part 2)
May 25, 2011
PREFACE Skankynavia: In the US (Part 1 - Berkeley) Last week I listened to the...