This was a sort of cerebration. We did not plan anything ahead of time. So we made a dinner with what we had. We had frozen filet mignon (la...

We were having some very extremely cold and snowy weather recently. One of the best dishes for this kind of cold weather is sukiyaki すき焼きan...

We really like beef tongue which is not popular in general, not widely available in US and requires some “courage” to try it. But we like i...

We rarely have a surf-and-turf dinner but since it was Valentine’s  day, we decided to have a steak and lobster dinner. The filet mignon ca...

We have not had “ sukiyaki ” すき焼き for a long time. One of the reasons is that two of the main ingredients “shungiku” 春菊 edible chrysanthemum...

I have posted many dishes using octopus which we got from different sources . We like octopus legs (boiled and frozen) from D’artagnan  and ...

We cannot remember when was the last time we ate a hamburger; probably sometime when we lived in California i.e. many years ago. Since the p...

We rarely eat steak. This time, on the strong recommendation from my wife’s sister, we got a “special”package from Omaha Steaks which includ...

 My wife loves beef tongue but not the way it’s usually prepared in Japan (thinly sliced and grilled). As a result I usually prepare the to...

As always, we are so spoiled to have Sushitaro osechi. This is a picture of the upper box.  I am not going into the details but its all ...

My wife invented this loaf which is a variation of egg and smoked salmon in puff pastry . She already made one variation using smoked salmon...

In one of the Milk Street magazines , I saw an article about this Japanese smoke-less (or at least smoke reduced) grill which is made from t...

This was a rare occasion for us to enjoy steaks. I got some that were labeled "tenderloin steak" from our regular grocery store. I...