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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)
Yesterday I had one of those days where nothing got done. Actually, let me rephrase that. Things got done, just not the things on any of my “To Do” lists. It was one of those days where both of the girls seemed to b (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)
“Summer is the time when one sheds one’s tensions with one’s clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all’s righ (read full article)
The Japanese do some amazing things with cake and pastry. They have embraced many Western desserts and made them uniquely their own in many ways. I love a good Japanese sponge cake—moist, light and airy, and not overly sweet (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’m a huge fan of oysters. Not only are they delicious, but I think they are a whole lot of fun to shuck, once you get the hang of it. Oysters are also a highly sustainable seafood choice, and the next stop on our sustaina (read full article)
I’ve already revealed how much I love cream puffs, but I’m not the only one. My little brother also loves them. So the other item that I made to bring to his graduation party were little mini cream puffs filled with (read full article)
Seafood sustainability is an issue that is growing bigger by the minute. Due to our fishing methods, environmental issues, and pollution, our oceans are in trouble. Over 90% of the large predatory fish such as shark, swordfish a (read full article)
Have you entered to win a gorgeous super sharp santoku knife yet? If not, there’s still time! Enter the contest! ———————————————R (read full article)
I am in love with this udon noodle bowl I got from the company Flavour Design Studio. Isn’t it gorgeous? I love the way it’s designed to be easy to hold, with a hole for your thumb to fit through, and I love the groo (read full article)
Our trip to Cancun last week was wonderful. We stayed at the beautiful Excellence Playa Mujeres which is north of Cancun city. While our girls were busy keeping Fuji Nana and Fuji Papa on their toes, we were busy drinking some of (read full article)
Today the amazing and talented Josie from Daydreamer Desserts is here to make sure that we get our dessert in this week! I met Josie last November at the Foodbuzz Festival in San Francisco, which is kind of funny because we actuall (read full article)
I am currently on vacation. Mr. Fuji and I are in Cancun, and as you read this, we are hopefully lounging on a beach enjoying some sunshine or exploring the ruins of Chichen Itza! While I’m gone, two dear sweet friends are (read full article)
It has been a bit of a crazy month and I seriously thought I was not going to get the Daring Baker’s Challenge done. But after craving cream puffs, and making them to go with my gold kiwi cream, I decided to go full steam ahead and do the ch (read full article)
Walking through the Shibuya train station in Tokyo, Japan can be shear torture at times. This is not because it is a busy station where it is easy to get turned around if you are not familiar with it, although this is true. It is due to the fact (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)
Daylon Update: Daylon is with his family in Minnesota! They have started testing and have tentatively scheduled chemotherapy to begin later this month. There is now a blog section on the Help Make a Miracle website, so that you can follow his pr (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)
So you already know that we’re big fans of mushrooms here in the Fuji household. But what you might not know is that I’m one of the contributors for The Mushroom Channel, the website for the Mushroom Council, for the 2010 year! In fac (read full article)
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