Here is a summary of the various “Osaka-style” okonomi-yaki we have experimented making recently. The picture shows an approximately 8 inch ...

Although, as we mentioned in a previous blog , we had it several times in Japan and were not impressed, we are re-discovering “Okonomi-yaki ...

When we get fresh salmon, we most often get a package of half filet of whole salmon which is quite large for us. It is not scaled so I have ...

Some time ago, my wife got a great big box of rice Krispies cereal (and mini marshmallows). Her reason was that, as a kid, she used to like ...

As Valentine’s day approached this year, I asked my wife what we should have to celebrate the day. She suggested a Japanese dinner of sashim...

This is another inventory control dish. This time, frozen scallops and shell-on shrimp from “Great Alaska Seafood”. We had this as an ending...

When we make “ chicken tender cutlets ”, we usually make extra and add a few additional items to fry since hot oil for frying is available. ...

Because it got warm quickly, three of our cherry trees blossomed one after the other. The first one is dropping petals already, our main tre...

“Shichi Hon Yari” 七本槍純米ひやおろし is the second hiyaoroshi we tasted. This one is from Shiga prefecture 滋賀県 (near Kyoto on the shore of lake Biwa...

This is the second time we got super-frozen assorted sashimi called “Oishii Sashimi Pack” from Riviera Seafood Club . (“Oishii” means delici...

This is a continuation of our story about frozen food inventory control. This time it was scallops from Great-Alaska-Seafood. These are real...

We like cauliflower puree . Now I changed how I make it and the process is easier but the results are the same (I added the directions below...

 My wife’s sister mentioned that recently she made a great carrot cake and apple pie. She said the recipes came from a cookbook called “ Fro...

This is our effort to clear up some frozen seafood inventory that has been in our freezer “long enough”. Among the items in danger of exceed...

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...

We recently succumbed to one of the advertising emails we frequently get from Great-Alaska seafood . This time, the deal was 2 lbs each of w...

Japanese are quite fond of curry. It was said the original Japanese curry was first served on Japanese Navy ships and is based on English m...