We used to grow garlic chives or “nira” ニラ in our herb garden but it failed in two ways: 1) the garlic chives were very fibrous except when ...

I came up with this for lunch one day. This is a left-over control dish. A few days ago since it is getting hot, we had cold “udon” pasta wi...

Although I posted a few egg rolls  春巻, none are traditional/classic. So, I tried to make something close to “classic”. After consulting sev...

Although, most of the time, we eat home-baked bread, we buy some breads to use especially when we make sandwiches. Pumpernickel bread/boule ...

When I make gyoza, I use “wonton skin” which is readily available at a regular grocery store. The wonton skin is square and a bit thicker th...

Some time ago, we received an Instant Pot as a Christmas gift from my wife’s sister who recommended BBQ baby back ribs cooked in the pot was...

“Udon” うどん are thick Japanese noodles made from wheat flour, salt and water. I’ve  posted many udon dishes  over the years. We usually use d...

We got fresh wood ear mushrooms “Kikurage” 木耳 from Weee . In an effort make the mushroom last longer I go through several steps. I wash the ...

Cold noodle dishes using somen 素麺, soba 蕎麦 and ramen noodle “Hiyashi chuka” 冷やし中華 or “ Hiyashi ramen ” 冷やしラーメン are common especially on hot ...

When we get a large bone-in skin-on piece of pork (either fore- or hind-quarter), I do secondary butchering to remove the skin and bone. Wit...

Keema (meaning ground meat) curry and its variation dry curry are popular in Japan. I posted  some variations of these dishes before. This ...

Mapo tofu 麻婆豆腐 is a very popular dish in Japan and is called “Mabo tofu”. The Japanese version with which I am familiar is quite different ...

This was a lunch of impromptu quesadilla made using left-over pork “Vindaloo” curry . My wife’s recent modifications to this curry included ...

Some time ago, we bought a special pork belly called “Porcelet” from D’Artagnan . It is from a milk-fed piglet and arrived with the skin on....

 This is a variation of tomato and egg stirfly I posted previously. I learned that this is based on a Chinese dish called “番茄炒蛋” and there ...

My wife wanted a seasonal quesadilla which is composed of pumpkin puree, black beans, cheese, and roasted pork. After enjoying the quesadi...

 This was the second version of pork spare ribs we made using Instant Pot. I asked my wife to come up with the BBQ sauce. We looked at a few...

 At the beginning of the COVID pandemic, many workers at the major meat packing plants came down sick and some of the plants had to shut dow...

 We have been getting gourmet meat such as duck and lamb from D’Artagnan . This time, we got an email promotion from them for  pork belly fr...

A few weeks ago, my wife suggested that it has been quite a while since we had  sukiyaki すき焼き and it would be nice to have some. I agreed, ...