I realized that I posted this same dish 14 years ago . Although the statute of limitation may have passed I am re-blogging this recipe. This...

Cold vegetables soaked in broth is the perfect dish for summer. I have posted cold simmered tomat o and sugar snap soaked in salt broth bef...

This is another installment of 9 “otoshi” appetizers . I managed to fill all 9 spots with small dishes I made. Three fish dishes and 6 veget...

Some days ago when we did our usual take-out sashimi and sushi from Tako Grill , I spotted a sake called “Ice Breaker”. I immediately recogn...

This was the second set of appetizers we had one evening. From right to left are “ daikon steak ” 大根ステーキ, “charred broccoli” 焦がしブロッコリー　and “...

The other day while we were shopping at the near-by Whole Foods, my wife found a new item which is called “Teeny Tiny Cucumber” (picture #3)...

I usually make this from “tarako” cod roe  たらこの煮付け. Since we got some shad roe, I figured the same recipe should work and tried it. I also a...

This is a variation of “ renkon ball ” (renkon manju レンコン饅頭) I posted before.  Besides grated renkon lotus root, it also uses tofu. Since I ...

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...

Like the last year, we put the New Year’s decoration including “Kagami-mochi” 鏡餅 and dragon or “tatsu 辰” zodiac figurines shown in the pictu...

My wife got three relatively small Japanese sweet potatoes or “ Satsuma-imo ” さつまいも from Whole Foods.  She was vaguely thinking of making sw...

This is another version of multiple small appetizers dishes. I used the divided plate with space for 9 dishes. But I had more than nine to s...

This is another installment of 9 appetizers served on 9 divided plate . There are a few repeats but no store-bought items.  Among these 9 it...

We got 2 medium size daikon from Weee. From half of one daikon I made two dishes; tuna and daikon ツナ大根 and dried persimmon and daikon in sw...

We found two cans of albacore tuna in our pantry. We are not a fan of canned tuna and I am not sure why we have it; something to do with the...

“Nishime” or “ Nitsuke ” 煮付け, 煮しめ is a type of traditional Japanese cooking method in which food items are simmered in seasoned broth. I hav...

I was browsing one of the Japanese food blogs I follow  when my wife stopped me and asked what the picture on the screen was showing. It hap...

Last year, we got “Hoshigaki” 干し柿 or dried persimmon from “ Japanese taste ”.  Since “kaki” 柿 persimmon is harvested in the fall and process...

I saw this dish on one of the YouTube episodes by the first Iron chef Japanese Rokusabuto Michiba 道場六三郎. Although he is now 91 he has a You...