For some years we have gotten fresh North American chestnuts from California. It is a lot of work to peel/clean chestnuts . It is particular...

We have been getting fresh Matsutake from the Oregon mushroom for many years and I have made all the dishes I can think of . This year when ...

 I have been making small Izakaya dishes recently but nothing new to post for a while. One evening, we wanted one more small dish. When I su...

 We bought dried persimmon or "hoshigaki" 干し柿 from Japan through the Japanese taste . We ate some and made a few small dishes. Alt...

 This is one of my wife’s curry projects. Since we are now buying bone-in big pieces of pork (either butt or shoulder) which I divide up int...