I am stepping up to bake more than I used to; filling in the gaps left by my wife during recovery from her injury. This is one such baking p...

This is a variation of a dish called "Kin-chaku" 巾着, which is the name for a Japanese-style pouch with a string tie. When this wor...

I found the frozen filets of "aji" (jack or horse mackerel) in the freezer. I have posted twice  about several dishes I previousl...

We usually make sandwiches to take to our respective work for lunch. Although we have a quite collection of Japanese bento boxes, I rarely  ...

We had a lunch comprised mostly of items I made for the New Year (the red and white fish cakes are store bought and I did not realize this o...

On day 3 of the New Year, we are still enjoying the osechi box. Here I show a few of the highlights or our favorites. This is "ank...

Now it is the 2nd day of New Year. The first three days of New Year are called "shogatsu sanga-nichi" 正月三が日 or simply "Sanga-...