By Rachel on October 9, 2008
Fall is creeping in by degrees around the globe and soon the odors of roasting sanma and grilling satsumaimo will fill the air in Japan. In the US, the fall air will smell like mulching leaves and fresh carved pumpkins. We may be short on fall food sidewalk vendors to scent the breeze, but we’re [...]
Posted in Japanese Recipes | Tagged dango, Japanese Recipes, japanese snacks, pumpkin
By Rachel on April 14, 2008
In Dango Digest, Part One, we got acquainted with the vast world of dango. In the second part of Dango Digest, let’s take a peek at how to actually make the dango. Part Two has two basic recipes for dango, some sauces, plus two “rare” dango recipes: Hanami Dango and Botchan Dango.
This recipe is the [...]
Posted in Japanese Recipes | Tagged an dango, botchan, botchan dango, botchan dango recipe, botchan dango recipes, choco dango recipes, chocolate dango, dango, dango recipes, easy dango recipes, hanami, hanami dango recipes, hanami-dango, j-food, Japanese confections, japanese cuisine, japanese dessert recipes, japanese desserts, japanese sweets, japanese treats, kimi dango, kushi dango, malted milk dango, matcha dango, mitarashi, mitarashi dango, mitarashi sauce, ohanami, wagashi recipes
By Rachel on April 10, 2008
When you’re having fun on the go and you’re looking for snackage, food which is as mobile as you is always a good thing. In Japan, country of a thousand festivals, food mobility is an important factor to enjoying the celebrations. Many festival snacks come in ball form (takoyaki), on a stick (yakitori) or both, [...]
Posted in Japanese Recipes | Tagged anko, dango, dango recipes, j-cuisine, j-food, japanese candy, Japanese confections, Japanese cooking, japanese cuisine, japanese desserts, japanese food, japanese recipe, Japanese Recipes, japanese sweets, mugwort, recipes, sakura, shiro-an, sweets, wagashi, wagashi recipes, yomogi
By Rachel on March 26, 2008
Spring! It’s officially here, I can smell it. Winter knows its time has come, and even though freak snow storms batter our doors, they’re merely the death throes of a passing season. Soon, the ground will be covered in colorful drifts of crocuses, daffodils, and depending on the locale, cherry blossoms.
© The Anime Blog
For anyone [...]
Posted in Japanese Culture, Japanese Recipes | Tagged blossom dumplings, cherry blossom dango, cherry blossom dango recipes, cherry blossom dumplings, cherry blossom festival, cherry blossom party, cherry dumplings, dango, hana yori dango, hanami, hanami cuisine, hanami dango recipes, hanami dumplings, hanami food, hanami party, hanami-dango, japanese cherry blossom party, japanese culture, japanese cusine, Japanese Recipes, sakura, yozakura
Reader Comments