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Corona Farmers’ Market

As you know, the Fuji family lives in Southern California. Specifically, we live in the City of Corona–a city located approximately 45 miles southeast of Los Angeles in western Riverside County.The city is situated at the base of the Cleveland National Forest. Corona was founded in 1886 as an agricultural town, as the warm climate […]

Making Milan Cookies With the Daring Bakers

The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network. They gave us the option of making both recipes or choosing one. Because so much has been going on this month, I opted to make […]

Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: In the Kitchen With Julia Child

My first ever Daring Bakers Challenge, back in February 2008, was Julia Child’s recipe for French Bread. When I first looked at the recipe, I felt as though the wind had been knocked out of me because the recipe is epically long (eighteen pages long in the original Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. […]

First Attempts at Mastering the Art of French Cooking

When friend and fellow food blogger Hélène of La Cuisine d’Hélène approached me earlier in the week about doing a Mastering the Art of French Cooking (MTAFC) challenge where a few of us would cook from the book to celebrate the upcoming release of the Julie & Julia movie, I immediately said yes. I decided […]

Breadmaker Bakeoff, Part II

After all of that baking in both machines, how do they ultimately compare? For starters, the Zojirushi takes up quite a bit more counter space than the Breadman,So if you’re low on counter space, this could be a problem. As far as the rest of the design is concerned, that is the only downside to […]

Breadmaker Bakeoff, Part I

On Saturday my Breadman Deluxe Breadmaker faced off with a Zojirushi BBCCZ20 Home Bakery Supreme Bread Machine in a bakeoff. I picked 3 different dishes (a bread recipe, a main dish, and a dessert) to bake in each machine, and then fed the results to 8 adult taste testers in a blind tasting.Each tester was […]

The Great Breadmaker Bakeoff

What happens when two different breadmakers made by two different companies go head to head in a bakeoff? Yesterday 8 brave adult taste testers and 6 kids came over to the Fuji house to find out. The specifics? 3 different recipes made in each breadmaker, then presented to the testers in a blind taste test. […]

"Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice" Baby Shower

I love entertaining (except for the cleaning up part). It’s always fun to mix food and friends. Last night I helped host a baby shower for my friend, Ms. A, at my house. Ms. A has 2 cute boys, but #3 is going to be a girl, so we decided we needed an ultra girly […]

San Shoku Domburi in 3 Acts

« Bonne fête ! » Cheating my way to fresh Pain au Chocolat

Pour mes chers amis francophiles/français–un bon 14 juillet à vous! « Bonne fête ! » Today is Bastille Day en France–a national holiday in commemoration of the storming of the Bastille prison, which took place in 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution. I can’t miss the chance to celebrate, but today is […]

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