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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.
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)
“I don’t think a really good pie can be made without a dozen or so children peeking over your shoulder as you stoop to look in at it every little while.” — John Gould Ok, so maybe I don’t have a dozen (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
One of the sponsors of Camp Blogaway was ZESPRI, the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit. They spoiled us with a plentiful supply of kiwi (both green and gold) for the duration of our weekend. I hadn’t seen a gold kiwi since we move (read full article)
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* Find out how you can help to save the life of my friend’s little boy, and be entered to win one of two great prizes. * ================================================================= My mom is an amazing cook, and I was spoiled to grow up ea (read full article)
Although I haven’t lived at home for quite a few years, sometimes it’s hard to be the mom and not have my own mom around to cook for me, ask me about my day, and tuck me in at night. Steve Dublanica wrote, on his blog Waiter Rant, (read full article)
Although Squirrel would make an excellent Nutella Spokesperson, she would make an equally stellar Mushroom Ambassador. I have to be careful when I take her grocery shopping because if I go past the mushrooms and I don’t put any in our baske (read full article)
I love kumquats—the funny little bright orange citrus fruit that has a sweet peel and sour flesh. In Japan kumquats are a common site during winter and are often eaten candied. I LOVE them. When I saw a basket of them at a local market re (read full article)
How many of you had your mom tell you that eating your carrots would help keep your eyes healthy? Carrots are one of those foods that you want your children to love—full of all kinds of good things like beta-carotene and fiber. Luckily I (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)
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)
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)
This month’s Daring Bakers’ challenge was almost the challenge that wasn’t. The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of My Diverse Kitchen and Deeba of Passionate About Baking. They chose Tiramisu a (read full article)
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