While taking inventory of the deep depths of the freezer, my wife came upon 2 thick cut lamb chops; perfect for St. Patrick’s day dinner.  S...

Tenderloin of lamb is not a usual cut but we got several of them from D’Artagnan . We decided to try it for Easter dinner. I did not follow ...

It was St. Patricks day so what would be the best way to celebrate? My wife suggested that at the very least a shepherd's pie should be ...

My wife likes lamb. I got a rack of lamb from New Zealand. I asked how she would like it cooked. She suggested I separate the rack into indi...

This was our Memorial day barbecue. Strictly speaking, this is not a barbecue according to the traditional definition of a barbecue as &q...

After our hanami weekend , the cherry blossoms started falling making hana-fubuki 花吹雪 or flower petal blizzard which was a sad but spectacul...

We bought butter flied lamb leg last weekend to be barbecued but the weather was not co-operative and we could not cook it outside in our We...

During summer, we try to barbecue on our Weber grill over the weekend whenever possible. Besides enjoying what ever we grill, we use any lef...

This recipe is again based on the book ( Madhur Jaffrey’s “Quick & Easy Indian Cooking” ). Again my wife took liberties with the basic r...

We usually do not particularly like Pinot noir including Burgundy. (We are not sophisticated enough to enjoy the subtleties of these Pinots)...

My wife really likes lamb and recently developed an interest in Indian-style cooking with lots of spices and flavors but not too much heat (...

This is a lamb stew made from leftover roasted leg of lamb . Since my wife likes lamb, we occasionally make roasted or grilled lamb either ...

Recently, I stumbled into  a nice blog by Marc Matsumoto . His recipes span many different food cultures and his food pictures are very nice...

Since it was Easter and my wife loves lamb, we decided to have a lamb barbecue. I saw a relatively inexpensive (especially compared with the...

Did I tell you my wife likes lamb very much. Although lamb is not a popular meat in Japan (especially in the old days when I lived there), i...

This is another quick dish from leftovers. I just came up with this since we had a leftover rack of lamb which was baked to medium rare . T...

This is not really blog worthy but we liked it very much. One evening my wife gave me a list of small odds and ends leftovers which she ta...

This is certainly not Izakaya food. But I thought, just in case there are some Japanese readers out  there, acorn squash and artichokes ma...

Well, I am, again, deviating from the Izakaya theme. This is a type of a Bistro cuisine but apparently some Japanese bars  serve this type o...