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Tofu “Spam” Musubi

One of the things that I love about traveling is how it influences my cooking. I came home from our trip to Maui with a sheet of paper filled with recipe ideas. I’ve already shared my Papaya Rawnola Bowl recipe with you, but there are more coming! Today I’m sharing my recipe for Tofu “Spam” […]

We have been traveling internationally and nationally with kids since Squirrel was 3 months old . . . so just a little over nine years. Nine years ago in March we took our first trip with Squirrel. We traveled from Tokyo to Memphis, then from Memphis to Salt Lake City, then back to Tokyo. Since […]

One of my favorite days of 2015 also included one of my favorite meals. It was at the end of May when Mr. Fuji, my sister-in-law Ms. K, and I were in Bali, Indonesia. We spent the day exploring temples, visiting a local market, hiking up rice terraces, and watching the sun set over rice […]

Mixed vegetables…sounds kind of boring, doesn’t it? Sayur Urab, a classic Balinese dish loosely translates to mean mixed vegetables, and it is far from boring! This is one of the dishes that we learned to prepare in our cooking class in Bali. While everything that we learned to cook in our class was delicious, this […]

If you want to come away from visiting a new place with a better understanding of the history and culture of that place, take a cooking class. When doing your research, look at reviews and how long the school has been in business, but also take into consideration what you are looking to get out […]

Rice is an important part of Japanese history and culture and is a staple in the Japanese diet. In fact, rice is such a central part of the Japanese meal that the word for cooked rice in Japanese, gohan, is the same word for meal. So when you’re eating breakfast, asagohan, the word translates to mean that […]

Today I am teaming up with World Market (I’m a World Market ambassador) and The Chew to celebrate all things Italy because of a Gourmet Getaway Sweepstakes that they just launched! (Details on how to enter are after the recipe.) I am sharing one of my favorite Italian dishes—risi e bisi, Italian style rice and […]

Thank goodness it’s Friday Pie-day! Today’s slice of goodness comes to us from Las Vegas. Every time we drive to California to visit my parents we drive through Las Vegas. On our way back from our most recent visit we may a quick stop at a restaurant called Honey Salt because I had read that […]

It’s Friday Pie-Day! Friday is turning into my favorite day of the week because, well, pie! Today’s pie isn’t actually a pie I have tasted, but it’s on my wish list.

Pie is my thing. I happen to have been born on National Pie Day. Every year for my birthday when my mom asked what I wanted to have for my birthday cake, I would inevitably request something in a crust—maybe a cheese cake (BTW, why do they call it cake? That has always bugged me) […]

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