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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.

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Jul 22

Japanese Strawberry Shortcake

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)

butter, cake flour, Confectioners' Sugar, Dessert, eggs, fruit, Fuji Favorites, granulated sugar, Heavy Whipping Cream, japanese

May 31

Arancini alla Siciliana—Sicilian Croquettes, aka Italian Rice Balls

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)

all-purpose flour, eggs, flat leaf Italian parsley, fresh mozzarella cheese, ground beef, italian, long grain rice, main course, Meat, onion

May 26

Fuji Cream Puffs—So quick and easy that you’ll wonder why you haven’t made them before!

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)

all-purpose flour, butter, Dessert, eggs, french, Fuji Favorites, Japan, Recipes By Region, Recipes by Type

May 07

Oyakodon—Japanese Chicken & Egg Rice Bowl

* Find out how you can help to save the life of my friend’s little boy. * ================================================================= A couple of weeks ago I got an email from Lauren, the talented creative force behind Celiac Teen. She exp (read full article)

Chicken Breast, Chicken Poultry, cilantro, Dashi, eggs, Eggs & Tofu, Fuji Favorites, japanese, Japanese rice, main course

Mar 12

@nestlefoodie’s Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies (Better than the original! Shhh…don’t tell!)

I’m going to let you in on a little secret—the best Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookie recipe is not the one that they put on every package of chocolate chips. The Toll House recipe gets its name from the Toll House Restaurant (read full article)

all-purpose flour, baking soda, Brown Sugar, butter, Chocolate, chocolate chips, Dessert, eggs, granulated sugar, Recipes by Type

Mar 03

Spicy Sobameshi

Happy Hinamatsuri! I hope you are all having a wonderful day! One of my guilty pleasures is reading オレンジページ (Orange Page), one of my favorite Japanese magazines. I was recently flipping through the February 17, 2010 issue and saw a (read full article)

bacon, beni shoga, eggs, Fuji Favorites, japanese, kimchi, main course, mirin, oyster sauce, Recipes By Region

Mar 01

Momofuku Milk Bar’s Compost Cookies & Hinamatsuri Notecards

I’ve been battling a doozy of a cold. One of those colds where everything sounds muffled, you can’t smell or taste anything, you’re achy, and just generally miserable. One of those colds where you would swear you are sicker than (read full article)

all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, butter, Chocolate, Dessert, eggs, goldfish crackers, granulated sugar, Hinamatsuri

Feb 24

FM’s Quick & Easy Chirashi Sushi

** This week we’re getting ready for Hinamatsuri (Japanese Girl’s Day, March 3rd) next week! Another traditional menu item eaten for Hinamatsuri is Chirashi Sushi (”Scattered Sushi”). I shared my friend Noriko’s recip (read full article)

beni shoga, carrots, cucumber, eggs, ginger, green beans, Hinamatsuri, ikura, japanese, Japanese rice

Feb 03

Noriko’s Chirashi Sushi

I gain so much inspiration from so many people in my life. Since the food community is all about sharing in the collective experience, I am spotlighting some of those people. It has been forever since my last post in the spotlight series! Toda (read full article)

bento, Carrot, Dashi, eggs, Foodie Spotlight Series, Fuji Favorites, japanese, Japanese rice, kampyo, kanpyo

Feb 02

Japanese Egg Crêpes (Usuyaki Tamago) & Shredded Egg Crêpes (Kinshi Tamago)

I have to apologize now, but I’m going to be a bit of a tease today. I’m going to teach you how to make usuyaki tamago (Japanese egg crêpes) and kinshi tamago (shredded egg crêpes) because we are going to need them for our next dish. (read full article)

caster sugar, castor sugar, Dashi, eggs, Eggs & Tofu, japanese, Recipes By Region, Recipes by Type, Superfine Sugar

Jan 18

Brown Sugar Tea Cake . . . wanna piece?

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)

all-purpose flour, baking powder, Brown Sugar, Dessert, eggs, Fuji Favorites, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, Oyatsu Snack, Recipes by Type

Dec 17

German Pfeffernüsse (”Pepper Nuts”) Cookies

When I was growing up I always looked forward to Christmastime and to visiting my maternal grandmother who was German. She would always have a big platter of Christmas goodies on hand for us to nibble on. But these weren't just any C (read full article)

all-purpose flour, anise extract, baking soda, Brown Sugar, cinnamon, Confectioners' Sugar, Dessert, eggs, German, granulated sugar

Dec 17