Since we had a block of frozen hamachi (1.6 lb), I had to come up with some other ways (besides straight forward sashimi) of enjoying it. M...

Hamachi  ハマチ or yellow tail amberjack is young buri  ブリ . This is one of the fish which get promoted or "shusse-uo" 出世魚 as it grow...

Yuzu-koshou 柚子胡椒 is one of the most useful and versatile Japanese condiment/seasonings. It is a mixture of salt, chopped  peel of a Ja...

This may look like cubes of tofu but this is a type of fish cake called " hanpen " ハンペン. I posted a  few items using this. This...

Whenever we get herring roe or Kazunoko 数の子 for New Year, we have to finish it by the end of the first week of the year before it gets sp...

We just received copies of NOWAF cookbook 2011 edition. This is the first time that one of the NOWAF cookbooks contains the posts of an enti...

For the New Year, I bought some burdock roots or gobou 牛蒡. One package contained two roots, which is a lot. So, after I used a portion for...