This is the last post of 2011. It will be the year of the dragon next year. Although this may not be a worthy ending of 2011,  this is  the ...

Like mixed nuts, mini pretzels and goldfish crackers in American bars, the Japanese have a much wider array of prepackaged drinking snack...

One evening, this was what we had as a shime 〆 or ending dish. I thought about what we had in the fridge and suggested to my wife "ch...

Edible chrysanthemum or "shungiku" 春菊 is one of my wife's favorite Japanese vegetables. We even grew some from the seeds fo...

This is certainly not post-worthy but I noted it anyway just in case I have a lean time for recipes (such as now). I have previously menti...

This looks like " Menchi-katsu " メンチカツ but this is made completely with chestnuts, no meat or anything else is involved. After I...

We got North American chestnuts from Girolami farm this year and were very much impressed with how good they were and I ordered another 3...