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The Last Bite of Summer

Sometimes the lessons you try to teach your children come back to bite you. This summer I tried to teach Squirrel about the different things growing in our garden. We smelled the herbs and talked about the colors of the different plants. She knows that rosemary smells good and likes to go bury her face […]

Spaetzle und Linsen—Homemade Spaetzle Noodles with Lentil Sauce

Oma’s Spaetzle und Linsen (Spaetzle and Lentils) Makes 4 generous servings Lentil Sauce: 1 pound dried brown lentils (about 2 cups) 2 quarts of water 1/2 medium onion, chopped 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup flour 2 beef bouillon cubes 1 cup cold water 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste) pepper to taste 1. Rinse and […]

5-Layer Ice Cream Cake

“Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos.” – Don Kardong, 1976 U.S. Olympic Marathoner About two weeks ago I was standing in my grandma’s kitchen while she got dessert ready for everyone. “This is a trick I learned from Tutu*,” she said as she pushed small scoops of vanilla ice cream onto cones […]

Celebrating with Julia Child

I have always loved food. My mother tells me that I have always eaten everything, unlike my siblings who tended to be pickier at times (with the exception of an 18-year period where I didn’t eat yams because they made me sick). My love for food was even used against me once when my mother […]

Fuji Mama’s Favorite Cupcake: Black Bottom Cupcakes

Fuji Nana’s Black Bottom Cupcakes Makes 30 cupcakes 1 chocolate cake mix (I prefer to use a Devil’s Food cake mix) 1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese 1 egg, beaten slightly 1/3 cup sugar 1 cup chocolate chips 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line cupcake tins with paper baking cups and spray lightly […]

Mama’s back in her kitchen!

I have missed you all! Thank you for all of your well wishes and kind words. After having forced myself to take some time off from blogging to let my body heal and to get to know our new little one, I’m glad I did it, but I’m also glad to be back here in […]

Come-to-the-Rescue Chicken Soup

Hello LFM readers! Thank you so much for all of your kind comments! Little Fuji is doing well and I am recovering nicely. However, I’m not quite ready to take back the reins here and so you have the opportunity to hear from a few more of my favorite people in the meantime while I […]

The birth of the newest member of the Fuji family

Hi, this is Mr. Fuji posting in behalf of Fuji Mama today. Yesterday at 11:41AM, Little Fuji was born. We got to the hospital at 9:00 and waited for a bit while the nurse got Fuji Mama ready for the c-section. At around 11ish, Fuji Mama was rolled into the operating room where the anesthesiologist […]

Tossed Salad

Today’s post is a bit of a “tossed salad,” so bear with me! This past Friday was my birthday (thank you to all of you who left birthday wishes–it made my day!), and it was a great day. When I married Mr. Fuji it became a tradition for him to take me out for sushi […]

Serendipity served with a side of lobster.

It’s good to belong to a foodie family. Special serendipitous things seem to happen when you have fellow family members that think about and love yummy food as much as you do. Case in point: Saturday morning I had been having an email conversation with Lolly about lobster rolls (don’t ask) and was CRAVING lobster […]

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