This is part of the continuous effort to use frozen items before they get too old. In the freezer I found this sashimi tuna block which was ...

This is another variation of a "No knead" bread . This turned out to be an excellent olive bread but the dough was extremely wet a...

We defrosted a package of jack mackerel or "aji"  鯵. Although this fish was supposed to be eaten raw as sashimi it had semi-thawed...

Every year we used to plant basil in our herb garden but, in general, it did not do well. Maybe it was too much sun; it bolted very quickly ...

The day after we had sashimi salmon , we had the four starters pictured below. Two are repeat dishes from the ones we had  the previous day ...