Disclaimer : I want to make crystal clear, right up-front that although various recipes for cooking cicadas appeared in the local media, W...

I did not like oatmeal for breakfast because, for me, it has a peculiar slimy texture. It is kind of funny for me to say that I do not like ...

Using bento-boxes to serve New Year's dishes was good idea and I pushed this idea further for the 4th New Year's day lunch. I used a...

The 3rd day of New Year, we started with all small dishes that go with sake including a tasting of three different preparations of herring r...

We had "Ozoni" as a New Year's day lunch and Chef Kitayama's "toshikoshi" soba 年越し蕎麦 as a lunch on the 2nd day i...

Encouraged by my previous success,  I again tried distributing the Osechi goodies from the large "mother" box to a smaller mini-os...

It was a mellow relaxing New Year's day. My wife wanted to see the first sunset of the year at our sunset gazing spot in our house. Firs...