eggs

Fuji Cream Puffs—So quick and easy that you’ll wonder why you haven’t made them before!

Thumbnail image for Fuji Cream Puffs—So quick and easy that you’ll wonder why you haven’t made them before!

Walking through the Shibuya train station in Tokyo, Japan can be shear torture at times.  This is not because it is a busy station where it is easy to get turned around if you are not familiar with it, although this is true.  It is due to the fact that depending on where you are [...]

Read More →

Oyakodon—Japanese Chicken & Egg Rice Bowl

Thumbnail image for Oyakodon—Japanese Chicken & Egg Rice Bowl

* Find out how you can help to save the life of my friend’s little boy. * ================================================================= A couple of weeks ago I got an email from Lauren, the talented creative force behind Celiac Teen.  She explained that she was taking an online foods course for school, and that one of the projects they [...]

Read More →

@nestlefoodie’s Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies (Better than the original! Shhh…don’t tell!)

Thumbnail image for @nestlefoodie’s Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies (Better than the original! Shhh…don’t tell!)

I’m going to let you in on a little secret—the best Nestle Toll House chocolate chip cookie recipe is not the one that they put on every package of chocolate chips.  The Toll House recipe gets its name from the Toll House Restaurant—a real toll house in Whitman, Massachusetts built in 1709 where a toll [...]

Read More →

Spicy Sobameshi

Thumbnail image for Spicy Sobameshi

Happy Hinamatsuri! I hope you are all having a wonderful day! One of my guilty pleasures is reading オレンジページ (Orange Page), one of my favorite Japanese magazines.  I was recently flipping through the February 17, 2010 issue and saw a section on using yakisoba noodles to make a variety of dishes. One of the recipes [...]

Read More →

Momofuku Milk Bar’s Compost Cookies & Hinamatsuri Notecards

Thumbnail image for Momofuku Milk Bar’s Compost Cookies & Hinamatsuri Notecards

I’ve been battling a doozy of a cold. One of those colds where everything sounds muffled, you can’t smell or taste anything, you’re achy, and just generally miserable. One of those colds where you would swear you are sicker than you are, except for the fact that you aren’t even running a fever. My plan [...]

Read More →

FM’s Quick & Easy Chirashi Sushi

Thumbnail image for FM’s Quick & Easy Chirashi Sushi

** This week we’re getting ready for Hinamatsuri (Japanese Girl’s Day, March 3rd) next week! Another traditional menu item eaten for Hinamatsuri is Chirashi Sushi (“Scattered Sushi”).  I shared my friend Noriko’s recipe for Chirashi Sushi at the beginning of this month that is killer delicious.  As an alternative, I thought that I’d share a [...]

Read More →

Miso Soup With Butternut Squash, Poached Eggs, & Spinach

Thumbnail image for Miso Soup With Butternut Squash, Poached Eggs, & Spinach

A couple of weeks ago I extended a challenge to make your own miso soup from scratch and then tell me about it!  I maintain that miso soup is surprisingly easy to make.  Let’s see what the Miso Soup Challenge participants had to say: The first people to take up the challenge were Kim and [...]

Read More →

Noriko’s Chirashi Sushi

Thumbnail image for Noriko’s Chirashi Sushi

I gain so much inspiration from so many people in my life.  Since the food community is all about sharing in the collective experience, I am spotlighting some of those people.  It has been forever since my last post in the spotlight series!  Today I’d like to introduce you to my friend Noriko.  It’s thanks [...]

Read More →

Japanese Egg Crêpes (Usuyaki Tamago) & Shredded Egg Crêpes (Kinshi Tamago)

Thumbnail image for Japanese Egg Crêpes (Usuyaki Tamago) & Shredded Egg Crêpes (Kinshi Tamago)

I have to apologize now, but I’m going to be a bit of a tease today.  I’m going to teach you how to make usuyaki tamago (Japanese egg crêpes) and kinshi tamago (shredded egg crêpes) because we are going to need them for our next dish.  However, I’m not going to tell you what that [...]

Read More →

Brown Sugar Tea Cake . . . wanna piece?

Thumbnail image for Brown Sugar Tea Cake . . . wanna piece?

You can find me guest posting over at bell’alimento (one of my all-time favorite blogs)!  I am sharing my recipe for Brown Sugar Tea Cake—a light (low calorie and low fat!) cake that isn’t light on flavor.

Read More →