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...

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...

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...

This is continuation of the duck eggs we got from Weee . Since we do not want to worry about a potential Salmonella problem, I pasteurized t...

This is on the theme of multiple small appetizers served in a multi- divided  plate. We got delivery of some Japanese vegetables which inclu...

When we received our order of an assorted frozen sashimi from Riviera Seafood Club, they substituted salmon for the “Tuna chunks” (total of ...

This is on the theme of multiple small “otoshi” appetizers. Previously we used a  5 segmented plate to serve 5 appetizers.  A few days ago, ...

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...

It is morning of the first day of 2023. The past year was marked by many events; not the least of which is the still lingering COVID-19. In ...

 We have been getting keta-slamon roe “Ikura” from Vital Choice . The available packages vary in size; sometimes only a tray of one kilogram...

My wife is into making small appetizers. When she saw the recipe called “ Tuna-Spinach tortas ” at Washington Post on-line, it was a “must-d...