It is the season for “ Hiyaoroshi ひやおろし” or “Akiagari 秋上がり” sake. As I mentioned in the previous post , this type of sake is bottled in the...

This is a variation my wife made of “ Hazelnut olive oil cake ”. Instead of hazelnut flour (which is a very expensive flour), she used almon...

I was trying to use up a kabocha カボチャ we got recently from Weee. Then, I saw this recipe on Youtube . It was named poetically as “golden gri...

We have a quite a stash of frozen food including fish. This evening, we raided the stash and had black cod a.k.a. sable fish or “gindara 銀鱈”...

In past years we have gotten fresh California chestnuts  栗 and matsutake  松茸 mushrooms to celebrate the tastes of autumn.  But trying to get...

Halloween season is coming and we got a Japanese “Kabocha” カボチャ pumpkin (or squash) to celebrate the season. I have posted quite a few kaboc...

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...