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Nabeyaki Udon

Nabeyaki udon is one of my all-time favorite Japanese dishes. It’s a soup made with thick chewy udon noodles, vegetables, and a variety of toppings, depending on where you get it, from a poached egg to tempura shrimp, or kamaboko (fish cake) and chicken. Mr. Fuji and I have a favorite restaurant in Tokyo that [...]

This time of year has me reaching for quick comfort foods to fill my family up and give us the energy we need to survive the holiday madness, without spending hours in the kitchen. I’m sharing one of my favorite comfort food recipes in the premier issue of FoodieCrush magazine—my recipe for gyudon, a Japanese [...]

Mao Pao Tofu (or mapo tofu, pronounced “mabo dofu” in Japan) is one of the many dishes that Japan has adopted and made its own. Mao pao tofu is a Chinese dish from the Sichuan province. It consists of cubes of tofu and ground beef or pork, in a spicy chili bean sauce. The Japanese [...]

I am a very nostalgic person and highly prone to introspection. I think this is a large part of why food writing is such an important outlet for me, because food is so much more than just food. It’s memory, love, excitement, art, joy, and more. A recent email from a reader, with a subject [...]

Moist and tender pulled pork with roasted tomatoes served over a bowl of hot rice, and topped with sliced leeks. Sound good? I hope so, because it is! My recipe for pulled pork and roasted tomato donburi (rice bowl) is my attempt to recreate a dish that I ate in Tokyo this past July. On [...]

I was thinking recently about the “right and wrong” aspect of the human experience. Not in the moral sense of things (like whether it’s right or wrong to lie to your mom about whether or not you may or may not have eaten the last chocolate chip cookie), but in how we do the little [...]

Today marks the end of the Mushroom Masters, so to celebrate such a fun month I’m here to hold your hand and prove just how easy it is to make my recipe for Spicy Mushroom Miso Ramen. It’s officially fall, so you are out of legitimate excuses for not making soup. Come jump on my [...]

NEWS: I’m competing for Team USA this week in the 2nd annual Mushroom Masters! Voting takes only a second (no registration or anything like that is required) and you only have to vote once! I would love you to bits if you would go give me a click for my Spicy Mushroom Miso Ramen! Vote [...]

Mushrooms + Fuji Family = LOVE and this week I’m getting the chance to go head to head with bloggers from Canada and Australia in a mushroom battle. Did you know that this month is National Mushroom Month here in the U.S.? To celebrate, last week kicked off the second annual Mushroom Masters, an international [...]

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