Blog

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....
Japanify: How to Make Umeshu (Japanese Plum Liqueur)
June 16, 2009
Japanese mothers and grandmothers are hardcore. Every year they make their own liqueur and June...
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...
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...
Tea Time at Veniero (NYC)
April 15, 2008
Veniero is an East Village institution- una pasticceria (pastry shop) that makes the best cheesecake...
The Sake Samurai at Astor Center
January 5, 2008
Last week, Urban Sake's Timothy Sullivan was kind enough to invite me to his ongoing...
Taco... Rice!?!?!!
June 6, 2007
After Yoko's post this weekend about taco ricing in Okinawa, I was super intrigued. Have...
Dream Shop TOMURU (Ishigaki)
April 12, 2007
I would like to go by the 1992 Vanessa Williams' hit "Save the Best for...