We like mushrooms. Our favorite is shiitake. Maitake 舞茸 or hen-of-the-woods is also great. Although it may not be one of our absolute favori...

This is another variation of blini/crumpet my wife made. This time it was strawberry blini. This happened because of the strawberry we bough...

We like “hen of the woods” or maitake 舞茸 mushrooms. They have a nice firm meat-like texture and flavor. We cooked maitke  many different way...

This is a plate of 5 appetizers to start the evening. Nothing particularly new but several good small dishes with quite a variety. Because o...

Since my wife was on a roll coming up with roasted pepper  blini, pesto blini and corn blini , she looked at the bowl of mashed potatoes in...

This is another variation of stir-fried eggplant  to which this version is very similar but I skipped a few steps to make it easier and quic...

It is a local corn harvest season and my wife bought 12 ears of fresh corn. We rarely eat corn on the cob but often remove the kernels from ...