There is so many excellent Japanese recipes. In this section, Rachel posts some of the best Japanese recipes!
Harvest moons are one of the many wonderful fall occurrences which highlight the beauty of the season. The bright full moon, tinted a dusky yellow, seems to be closer, fuller, and more splendid in the autumn months than at any other time. Mystery seems to hang in the air when there’s a [...]
Thanks to sushi bars, Americans are becoming more familiar with a few Japanese cuisine options and foodstuffs. But there’s more to Japanese food than sushi, tempura and miso, so very much more. Yet, even with sushi as a primer, Japanese food still emits an aura of simplicity and elegance; which simultaneously fascinates [...]
Fall is that time of year when the weather cools down, the leaves turn vibrant colors, and stores try to come up with inventive ways to market pumpkin in all its glory.
So far this year I’ve only seen pumpkin cappuccino, pumpkin coffee creamer (this stuff is not good), pumpkin bark, the obligatory pumpkin pie and [...]
We thought we’d try something a little different with today’s Japanese recipe. We figured that maybe some of you would like to see what goes into actually making a recipe instead of just reading about it. So David got behind the camera and I got in front of the stove and together we shot [...]
I realized something the other day in my kitchen. I realized that I was out of amanatto and that in order to get more bean goodness, I would have to either drive 5 hours to the Chicago Mitsuwa or try and find it online to order it. Nooooooo! I can’t be that [...]
It’s still hot and it’s still summer and I still crave me some sweets. Looking through my recipe research, I came across a recipe for kanten.
Kanten isn’t just the recipe itself, it’s also the Japanese word for agar agar, a seaweed with extraordinary gelling properties. Japanese preparations made from kanten are usually (not [...]
Hiyashi is a noodle dish that’s a summer favorite in Japan. It’s a dish served cold with a variety of Western salad-type toppings, including ham, cucumbers and tomatoes. But, beni shoga and nori ensure that this dish is still Japanese.
Hiyashi is Japanese for “cold” and chuuka are the Chinese-style noodles (ramen, FYI) used for this [...]
Summer is officially here, along with the excessive heat, Midwestern humidity, and area droughts. Ahhhh, summer in St. Louis!
Whenever summer rolls around, the last thing I want to do is turn on the oven. I’m sure most people are like-minded and probably eat fewer heavy meals as well. Sadly, most Western desserts are [...]
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