Somehow I forgot to post this.  One evening in the first week of the new year (which is called "Matsu-no-uchi" 松の内 and considered ...

Matsukaze-yaki 松風焼きis one of the classic new year's osechi dishes 御節料理. It is usually seasoned with miso and includes pine nuts 松の実 (t...

Although we have salmon frequently, I have never made this dish before. It is a rather common dish in Japan. Since we had extra raw salmon ...

Here are other examples of drinking snacks--3 kinds. From left to right are blanched okra, burdock root salad and edamame. I made the ok...

This was another impromptu dish. It was made using the split chicken breast from which I made the tenderloins cooked with miso glaze . The b...

Often, our eyes are bigger than our stomach. We frequently buy food thinking we will cook it over the weekend but end up not cooking it bec...

This is one of my wife's grain salads which we often include as a side in our brown bag lunches with our sandwiches.  Wheat berry is t...