Japanese dishes made with cubes of warm tofu can have quite a few variations. Those considered basic/traditional are called “ Yu-dofu  湯豆腐”....

It is getting cold. We decided to have a hot tofu dish called “Yu-dofu” 湯豆腐.  “Yu” means “hot water” and “dofu” is “tofu*. I am surprised to...

Japanese “Nabe” 鍋 hot pot is a dish that is cooked at the table while you eat.  Classically, a portable butane-canister gas cooker is used w...

As the weather got colder our thoughts turned to having Japanese hot pot or  nabe 鍋 for dinner. This week we had some snow and our backyard...

Since we had some very cold wintery days recently, we enjoyed warm sake several times. One such evening, we had the Japanese classic of hot ...

Some years ago, when we remodeled our kitchen, and were exiled to cook in the basement for the duration of the construction, we got a tablet...