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A home cooking blog dedicated to exploring the relationship between food and culture. My recipes are a fusion of different tastes, influenced by the variety of places I've lived and the people I have met. LFM also features the Washoku Warriors, a group cooking through Elizabeth Andoh's Japanese cookbook, Washoku.
When Josie (Daydreamer Desserts) came over to help me try out knives last week, she brought a treasure with her. We had talked about making some kind of salsa with all of the ingredients that we would be chopping up, so that they w (read full article)
Kakigori (Japanese shaved ice) is a popular summer treat that we looked forward to eating when we lived in Japan. When we were in Tokyo last month we spent a day in the Azabu Juban area visiting some of our favorite spots. After (read full article)
My mom’s side of the family is a lot of fun. We have a family email system where we can send out one email and it goes out to the entire family. Not only does this facilitate some hilarious family banter and the sharing of (read full article)
During my trip to Cancún last month, I fell in love with the Yucatán peninsula and some of the wonderful flavors and ingredients there. Talented fellow blogger Patty of Baking is Hot and Pattycake.ca is currently living in a sma (read full article)
I have a very serious disease called jar-itis. This disease causes me to fill my refrigerator with jars. I inherited this disease from my father. Our poor families are always complaining that there isn’t enough room in the refrigerator b (read full article)
When I was in middle school a bagel shop opened up in town called The Bagel Peddler. I remember my mom taking my brothers and me there on several occasions, and I remember that my favorite bagel was their jalapeno bagel. On one occasion, I rememb (read full article)
I love tsukemono. For those of you not familiar with this category of Japanese cuisine, tsukemono can be loosely translated as “pickles.” But calling tsukemono pickles is really kind of a misnomer. Tsukemono are items that have bee (read full article)
In my last post I mentioned that edamame comes in two forms: in their pods or already shelled. Shelled edamame are great additions to soups, stir fries, salads, etc. When I came across a recipe using edamame as the main star in a hummus-like dip, (read full article)
Happy Mardi Gras (”Fat Tuesday”)! After all of the stuff that has been coming out of my kitchen in the past couple of weeks (Churro Wontons with Salted Butter Caramel Dipping Sauce, Pavlova with Nutella Mousse, and Super Bowl Chocolate (read full article)
Superbowl Sunday! I know some of you are in it for the football…me, not so much, I’m a college football kind of girl. Mr. Fuji? He likes the football. I personally love the commercials and the excuse to eat lots of yummy munchies. (read full article)
You can find me guest posting over at bell’alimento (one of my all-time favorite blogs)! I am sharing my recipe for Brown Sugar Tea Cake—a light (low calorie and low fat!) cake that isn’t light on flavor. Starting tomorrow, the r (read full article)
Inevitably when I make a pot of rice to go along with dinner we don’t eat it all. More often than not, the rice that is left over isn’t enough to accompany another meal. So what to do with that little bit of leftover rice? This conu (read full article)
Today you get double the love from me! Head on over to Rasa Malaysia to read my guest post about one of Squirrel's favorite foods—shoyu tamago (Japanese soy sauce eggs). (read full article)
Today you get double the love from me! Head on over to Rasa Malaysia to read my guest post about one of Squirrel's favorite foods—shoyu tamago (Japanese soy sauce eggs). (read full article)
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