Ichijuusansai for Busy People
Washoku, or Japanese cuisine, Part Two. This is the second part of my initial effort to practice and teach washoku, or traditional Japanese cuisine. Ichijuusansai in stages: Top row – Salmon row, sansai (three dishes, no soup), nisai (two dishes, no soup, with pickles); second…
Bento as dinner
I sprinkled egg furikake over the tuna and potatoes. This salad is the same as above, just mixed. I have given up on making bento from scratch. Instead, I’ve decided to make bento for dinner. This works out since dinner should probably be on the…
New Year, New You: 30+ Plants per Week Challenge
Live Action: New Year’s Day with Two Roots Kendo with burdock root as shinai (stick); lotus root background overlay. Video and photography by me. Kendo practitioner is my 16 year old. Happy New Year! New You! Here’s a laundry list of potential New Year’s Resolutions…
Rice balls and sweet potato ice cream, oh my!
I started my bento journey by reading the instruction manual, so to speak of a couple of Japanese cookbooks that followed health food trends on both sides of the Pacific: This summer I went to Japan for the first time post-quarantine, after five years away,…