We almost missed out on getting some “ Hiyaoroshi  冷やおろし” sake to celebrate autumn this year. We posted about “ Hiyaoroshi or Akiagari 秋上がり”...

This is another one of my wife’s baking projects. This could be eaten as a part of breakfast or appetizer. Nice slightly sweet biscuits with...

We had a fairly large sashimi block of yellowfin tuna in our freezer from Great Alaska Seafood  and time had come to finish it.  I planned t...

Mid autumn full moon or “Chushu-no-meigetsu 中秋の名月” happened this year (2025) on October 6. As usual, to celebrate, I made “moon gazing” moch...

As far as we are concerned the best way to enjoy the fresh Japanese cucumbers we got from Suzuki Farm (see picture), is to eat the chilled f...