At the end of January, it was brutally cold due to an Arctic vortex which swept over the continent. Lows were in the single digits, wind chi...

This is another one of my wife’s “variations on the theme of blini”. This started when I made “ chestnut apple soup ” as an autumnal dish. T...

Since the occasion called for it, I made a bento box which is something I rarely do. As usual, I used an adult sized two tier bento box . I ...

One Sunday morning, my wife suggested making something different for breakfast. She found this “gingerbread pancake” recipe in the Washingto...

This is one of my wife’s variations on the theme of blini. Besides classic blini with buckwheat flour, she made quite a few variations .  Sh...

“Shira-ae 白和え” meaning “white dressing”  refers to dishes in which the dressing consists mainly of tofu. The dishes usually use vegetables o...

We like beef tongue which is not always easy to get. We like tongue prepared Pennsylvania Dutch style;  boiled with aromatic vegitables w...