I am not sure how this came about but I asked my wife if she had ever tried dried persimmon or "hoshigaki" 干し柿 and her asnwer was...

We have a good number of small Japanese-style bowls and plates but for some reason my relationship with breakable dishes ends up with them g...

Recently, we reorganized our book shelves and during this process, my wife found quite a few cookbooks which we forgot we had. One of which ...

 This is the dish I served using the third and the last tray of  "hotaru-ika" ホタルイカ firefly squid. This is a standard "Kara-a...

This is the dish I made from the second tray of "hotaru-ika" ホタルイカ firefly squid . This is stir fried hotaru-ika and asparagus in ...

 Spring is the season for a species of small squid called " Hotaru-ika " ほたるイカ or Firefly squid . It is so-called because it emits...

 This is an addition to the on-going saga of my wife making Japanese-style milk bread. As a gift, we received several large hard cover cookb...