Pineapple Fried Rice
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 …
Tofu Matcha Smoothie
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 …
Matcha Rice Cake with Azuki Beans
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 …
Matcha Butter Cookies
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 …
Shinya’s Japanese Super Refrigerator – KuraBan
I don’t know why but us Japanese love new electronic technology. Whenever a new product is introduced to the market, it seems like everyone knows …
Rice with Chinese Sausage and Bok Choy
Growing up in Hawaii, we used to eat Chinese sausage, or lap cheong, just thinly sliced and fried with plain white rice. I liked that …
Chayote – Buddha’s Palms/Hands – Salad
I first came across chayote in Costa Rica, as it’s commonly sold on the street. It tastes like a mild squash. The outside green skin …
Chinese Style Pork Chops Recipe
I’ll be doing a few more recipes from Winnie here. I like recipes that I can use for everyday meals. These do the job as …
Cooking Club and Sharing Recipes – Chinese Fragrant Eggplant Recipe
Back in 2002, we moved to our home, located in a very small cul de sac in the suburbs. The neighborhood included a variety of ethnicities …
Japanese Cuisine, Washoku, Awarded UNESCO Cultural Heritage Status
In early December, 2013, Japanese Cuisine, known as “washoku” in Japanese, was awarded UNESCO’s intangible cultural assets status. The only other cuisine to receive this honor is …
Japanese New Years Traditions
Now that Christmas has come and gone, in a Japanese household, we have to start thinking of the biggest holiday of the year, New Years …
21 Acres Sustainable Agriculture- Is this the Feng Shui of Farms?
If feng shui is about “living in harmony with nature” for a building structure, then permaculture is about “living in harmony with the land.“ For those that …
