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Monday, September 30, 2019

Moon gazing and "Tsuki-mi" dango 2019 月見と月見団子

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This year's "15th night moon" or "Jugoya" 十五夜, which corresponds to the "Harvest moon" in the U.S., occurr...
Friday, September 27, 2019

Mackerel ceviche しめ鯖のサビーチェ

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In our household, once an item goes into the freezer, it tends to "fall off the radar screen" and gets lost. When my wife digs dee...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Avocado prosciutto muffin アボカド　プロシュート　マフィン

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I had an excess of ripe avocados. I asked my wife if she could use some. As she is a devotee of muffins, she found this avocado bacon recipe...
Saturday, September 21, 2019

Maitake and chikuwa kinpira 舞茸と竹輪のきんぴら

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Since I got maitake 舞茸 (hen of the woods) when I got matsutake 松茸 from Oregon mushrooms, this is the second dish I made from the maitake. T...
Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Nori and butter fried noodles 海苔とバターの焼うどん

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This was sort of our (mostly my wife's) invention. One evening, we needed something to finish the meal (shime〆). We found leftover preco...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

Baked maitake オーブン舞茸

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When I ordered fresh matsutake from Oregon mushrooms, the shipping was almost the same as the price of the matsutake. So I decided to includ...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Sashimi salmon four ways 刺身用のサーモン

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We found frozen salmon for sashimi and boiled octopus legs in our freezer. I bought these items from Catalina offshore products last De...