I frequently purchase pork tenderloin. Although I sometimes make " Tonkatsu " トンカツor " Hirekatsu " ヒレカツ from it, my most...

A few weeks ago, I found frozen squid at our Japanese grocery store. I am not sure what the actual name is of this creature but I would say ...

On a recent warm, spring-like weekend, we barbecued a whole chicken. From the leftovers, I made chicken noodle soup (using some skin and dar...

The cherry blossoms this year will not last long. This is the second day of hanami. It was a nice sunny warm day requiring a "fan...

We continued with our hanami. We have mentioned before that, for some reason, the birds (and now other creatures) eat the cherry blossoms f...