We got matustake from Weee for the third time this year. Compared to other sources from which we used to get matsutake, Weee provides the b...

When we had “ Hiya-oroshi ” 冷やおろしsake this year, one of them was from Yamagata prefecture 山形県 and is called “ Shounai-bijin  庄内美人” or Shouna...

We used to get fresh whole mackerel from Whole Foods or Hmart (via the Instacart) but we have not gotten whole mackerel for some time. At o...

Some years ago, we gave up on preparing  fresh chestnuts  especially the North American variety. These have a characteristic tough inner mem...

My wife was not into bagels but this dramatically changed after our recent stay at a hotel/B&B in California. It was a good comfortable ...

This is another dish made using enoki mushrooms. I have posted quite a few enoki dishes . Turns out this is one of our favorite enoki dishes...

We like chicken “sasa-mi” 笹身*  tenders and made quite a few dishes and posted them in the past . One of the problems with chicken tenders is...