Taste of Home
I am not a big red meat eater but the other day, my body was calling out for a bit of red meat and lo and behold the local supermarket […]
Category Archives: Food
A Gathering of Cooks
One of my favourite gatherings is the Kitchen Nippon cooking classes I attend in Tokyo. As the renown chef, Julia Child said People who love to eat are always the best […]
Looks good enough to eat!
Many Japanese restaurants have excellent window displays showing the various dishes they offer. The look very realistic but, in fact, are totally artificial. These models are known as “sampuru” or samples […]
Thanksgiving in Japan
Thanksgiving is not commonly celebrated in Japan or New Zealand. It is definitely an American custom. However if you are fortunate enough to have some lovely American friends you may […]
The Face of Food
One of my favourite cooking classes was making Kyara Ben or Character Obentou. Obentou is a packed lunch in Japan. Character Obentou are very popular especially with mums of little […]
Wasanbon － 和三盆 – Traditional Japanese Confectionery
Wasanbon are a very traditional hand made sweet which are served with bitter green tea during the tea ceremony. Making them requires a careful touch, as I learnt in an Autumn Festival […]
Umeboshi salted plums – Part 2
My plums have had a week drying naturally in the sun. I have now bottled them up and will leave them for another couple of months before eating. The whole […]
Umeboshi salted plums
Back in June I went to my favourite cooking class and definite happy place and learnt how to make Umeboshi, a Japanese salted, pickled plum. It is quite a process. […]
Missed Photo Opportunities
It is unusual in this digital day and age not to have a phone, Ipod, tablet or camera of some shape, size or description on you to be able to snap […]
Advertising brings me to a Japanese High Rise Cemetery and Table manners
I commute to school 5 days a week on jam packed trains. It is usually so packed I can’t free my hands to get a book out of my bag […]
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