I received a food-related Liebster of these last year from The JWs Do Japan. This year, my friends over at Comparative Geeks nominated I’ll Make It Myself for another! Sankyu! The questions they asked are more about my taste in geekdom than food, so if you ever wondered what I do when I’m not contemplating my next…
Submit Your Halloween-Food-in-Japan Images & Links!
Every year, I like to do a Halloween-in-Japan post to track the increasing popularity of the holiday and see how Japanese marketers and people celebrate it. Since I’m Stateside this year, I’d like you to help!
New Resource: Food Substitutions for Cooking and Baking in Japan
Throughout my four years in Japan, I had to figure out solutions to issues with ingredient availability and cooking equipment to be able to eat the food I wanted. I’ve just started a new resource with some of my tips for what to substitute and what to make at home. Some of them seem really…
Kitchen Library, 2013.8.29: Japanese Food
Putting the focus on links about Japanese food, I submit for your approval adorable animal doughnuts, what is and isn’t healthy about “the Japanese diet,” wagashi, and more!
Cookpad Launches English Site (クックパッドの新しい英語でのレシピ)
Via Just Hungry. For those cooking in Japan, you may be interested to know that Cookpad, Japan’s most popular recipe site, is now being translated into English. I’m always a little skeptical of English-language guides to cooking in Japan, mainly because there are rarely ingredient translations and sometimes the measurements are in imperial instead of…
Kitchen Library, 2013.08.19
In this much belated edition of Kitchen Library: “fun” with moving, I love Fremont, and retro food links.
Roasted Beet and Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese, Pine Nuts, and Oranges
And oh, how I have waited for goat cheese and fresh beets.
The Import Store, Preserved
During Dragon Fest, I headed over to the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience. Although I had initially gone to see the art exhibitions, I also discovered that the museum includes the storefront of the former Yick Fung Co. grocery, preserved as it was when it closed in 2008. The store was…
The Best Sakura Soft Cream in Town: Kyokusuien
I had a hell of a time looking up the name to this hole-in-the-wall ice cream shop, but it’s actually hard to miss the storefront! Located at the base of the hill leading up to the Ishikawamon (石川門) Gate of Kanazawa Castle and Kenrokuen, Kyokusuien (曲水案) specializes in Japanese flavors of soft ice cream. While…
Baudrillard and the Food Truck: Dragon Fest 2013
One of the aspects I hadn’t anticipated as much regarding my culture shock expectations was adjusting to Americanized- and fusion Japanese food, especially for foods that I encountered for the first time in Japan. This isn’t to say that American-Japanese food isn’t delicious–quite the contrary–but it can be a bit alarming at times to see…
Aggressively Cooking Meat with Science: Father’s Day vs. Mother’s Day 2013
It’s that time again~ Last year, I wrote about how and what food is marketed for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. 2012 “taught” us that quiche is girly but can man up; moms want family-friendly brunches; dads want beer, meat, and fire; and bullshit gender politics are alive and well in the world of big-name…
Raspberry-Almond Mini Baked Oatmeals
One of my go-to breakfast recipes is Heidi Swanson’s baked oatmeal (via Lottie & Doof). Extremely versatile, you can swap in any seasonal local fruit you like–in Japan, I often used persimmons, apples, or figs instead of bananas on the bottom; diced apples, raisins, or mikan mixed in when blueberries were out of season; and, best…
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