I frequently purchase pork tenderloin. Although I sometimes make " Tonkatsu " トンカツor " Hirekatsu " ヒレカツ from it, my most...

A few weeks ago, I found frozen squid at our Japanese grocery store. I am not sure what the actual name is of this creature but I would say ...

On a recent warm, spring-like weekend, we barbecued a whole chicken. From the leftovers, I made chicken noodle soup (using some skin and dar...

The cherry blossoms this year will not last long. This is the second day of hanami. It was a nice sunny warm day requiring a "fan&...

We continued with our hanami. We have mentioned before that, for some reason, the birds (and now other creatures) eat the cherry blossoms f...

Finally, spring has sprung. This winter was one of the coldest we can remember. To add “insult to injury” we even had snow in late March. As...

For some time, my wife has been into breakfast and Indian-style cooking. She is always on the look-out for new recipes for weekend breakfast...