My wife was not into bagels but this dramatically changed after our recent stay at a hotel/B&B in California. It was a good comfortable ...

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...

As we mentioned before we are big fans of “savory” cookies which will go well with wine rather than as a dessert. My wife has made a few in ...

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

I made 4 different salads (not all on the same day) and had the 4 salads for lunch with a cold asparagus soup . We also had a small piece of...

I keep finding Japanese groceries at  Weee    which previously were just not available or difficult to get. This time, it was “ edible lily...

We used to subscribe New York Times Cooking. It was rather expensive for just the cooking section so we eventually cancelled the subscriptio...

 I served these three appetizers one evening. The dish shown on the left in the first picture is my stand-by fried salmon in sweet vinegar o...

We have a good number of small Japanese-style bowls and plates but for some reason my relationship with breakable dishes ends up with them g...

After I made eggplant gyoza,  I had one more Japanese eggplant left. I often make “ age-bitashi ” 揚げ浸し from eggplant (of course eggplant and...