“I’m cooked out” my Mom said. I had to pause for a second. “What does that mean?” I asked her, feeling puzzled. “Well, I’ve been cooking for over 50 years. I don’t have that desire to cook anymore.” “Oh. I never thought someone could feel that way. Don’t worry Mom, I’ll cook while I’m visiting.” …
Recently, I’ve been really liking popcorn. To be honest, I was never a popcorn fan. Why did this change? Well, my husband, the farmer, has been selling his greens at a local food market called Farm Fresh Picks at the Creamery. You order online through their Facebook group and it’s a drive through pick-up on …
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Hi Everyone! It’s been ages since I last posted on my blog. I’ve been posting on Facebook a lot but not here. I figured that having the same post in two places was just information overload and repetitive. However, the other day I talked to my childhood friend. She said, “why haven’t you been posting?” …
I’m a home cook. And just like most of the home cooks I know, I make an effort to use whatever I have in the pantry and fridge. We’re just too practical. The other day my husband brought home a bunch of Thai basil from the green house. For any delicate herb, if you don’t …
In Japan, the traditional vegetarian sushi fillings are cucumber, kampyo, which is a dried gourd cooked in a sweet soy based sauce, shiitake mushrooms, takuan, eggs, spinach, plum, shiso and sesame seeds. I really do enjoy them all. But, sushi is now not just a Japanese food. It’s everyone’s food. It’s just like pizza. The …
The typical Asian spring roll has a combination of ground pork, beansprouts, shiitake mushrooms, cabbage and some bean thread. However, this tuna spring roll recipe is definitely original, different, fun, and yummy! The are only four filling ingredients and you probably have them on hand: tuna, onions, parsley, and mayonnaise! Yup, you’re right, it’s not very Asian. But, …
In most Asian families, food and cooking are very much central to our lives. We celebrate many special occasions using food as symbolism. But it’s the everyday cooking that grounds us, giving much comfort. This post is a book review of Katie Chin’s Everyday Chinese Cookbook, 101 Delicious Recipes from My Mother’s Kitchen. Just in …
The other day my husband came home with a jar of Hee-Haw Horseradish from Canada. I must admit, I do love horseradish in my devil eggs or with prime rib, so I was very excited to get this little gift. Then he asked me, “so what do you think of the label?” Well, I wasn’t …
Making your own sesame buns sounds really intimidating. But, my girlfriend Winnie has simplified it to an art! This filling has only two ingredients, well, three if you count the salt. Daikon or Japanese radish and green onions. That’s all! She used frozen pastry sheets and it was a breeze to make. Don’t believe me? …
I go back to Honolulu as often as I can to visit my folks. And every time I go, it seems that they are into the next food craze. I love it! Ono Taegu, is a spicy dried cuttlefish dish. It’s a side dish or snack. As it is very rich and spicy in flavor, …
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Green tea is regarded by many nutrition experts as one of the items on any top 10 list of super foods in terms of antioxidant quantity, health benefits or weight loss. In particular is the green tea powder called Matcha – which is made from stone ground natural green tea leaves grown in Japan. But …
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It’s become more and more evident that we need to increase our green veggie intake to our diet for better health. I love Winnie’s quick recipe for gai-lan, Chinese broccoli, also known as kai-lan, depending on where you shop. Gai-lan has large dark green leaves, a thick stem, and often has tiny yellow flowers. Once cooked, the stems …
Our little neighborhood cooking club of three, Winnie from China, Susanne from Germany and me, got together over the weekend. Now that two of us have moved away from the neighborhood, it’s now an ex-neighborhood club, and not as convenient as walking across the cul de sac. But it’s worth the drive from anywhere! Cooking …
As we featured a couple matcha recipes, here is one more way that you can use your matcha: Tofu Matcha Smoothie. Since matcha is fresh steamed and dried green tea leaves it has a very high content of chlorophyll. This makes it super alkaline and helps your body detoxify. Add tofu to the mix and you …
Last week I posted matcha cookies, today is a rice cake. Matcha is a very fine green tea powder that is used for Japanese tea ceremony. With a very distinctive fresh clean taste, today matcha is enjoyed in ice-cream, desserts, chocolate, lattes and many other delicacies. My favorite is the matcha ice cream. The other …
Matcha is a powdered Japanese green tea made from very young leaves. This gives it a very vivid green color and clean taste. When combined with butter, matcha makes a savory buttery cookie with a hint of bitterness yet very flavorful. The Japanese have a wonderful recipe exchange website called Cookpad, that my Japanese girlfriend turned me on …
