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Happy Father’s Day and some business

Happy Father’s Day to Fuji Papa, Mr. Fuji, and all you awesome fathers out there! If it weren’t for my own father (Fuji Papa), I definitely would not be the foodie that I am today (and that’s a good thing). I’m grateful for the influence that my father has been on my palate. Now for […]

Tibetan Flatbread, the Perfect Soup Dunking Bread

I am a dunker. How about you? When it comes to eating soup, I have to have something to dunk into the liquid to eat along with it. I love a spongy bread or biscuit that will soak up some of the soup liquid without falling apart. I recently saw an episode of Jacques Pépin's […]

One Good (Meat)Loaf

If someone had told me a month ago that I would be using my breadmaker practically every day I would have laughed at them. Then I went to the cooking class in L.A., and now I can’t stop! Maybe it’s a phase, but I’m sure having fun. I’m still somewhat of a cooking snob because […]

Why do you cook what you cook? + A Giveaway!

“Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” — James Beard I don’t think I tell you enough how grateful I am for my readers. Blogging can feel like writing in a vacuum, and sometimes I feel like I’m talking to myself, but then I get comments from you and the vacuum disappears! One of […]

Buttermilk Donut Holes

This past Friday was National Donut Day. Not wanting to miss out on such an important holiday, I decided the day would not be complete without some kind of homemade donuty goodness. After reading this article, I decided it would be appropriate to pay homage to the doughnut by using an updated version of this […]

Tomato Basil Bread: Bringing a fun day in L.A. back home to my kitchen.

Last Thursday I drove to L.A. to attend a cooking class at the Farmer’s Market Sur La Table store, sponsored by Zojirushi, called “Easy Meals for Families.” The class focused on items that could be prepared using a rice cooker and a bread maker. The instructor demonstrated a tomato basil bread, a meatloaf (done in […]

Lemon Shortbread Bars

FM’s Lemon Shortbread Bars Makes one 9×13 pan of bars 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/3 cup confectioners’ sugar (plus additional sugar for dusting top of bars) 1 1/2 cups butter, softened 4 large eggs 2 cups sugar 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup lemon juice Confectioners’ sugar for dusting finished lemon bars 1. Preheat […]

Lemon Anise Cookies

I’ve been in a lemon mood lately, so I’ve been dreaming up all kinds of lemon desserts in my head. A few of them have actually made it out of my head and into my kitchen. One of those were these little lemon anise cookies.I love the flavor of anise–sweet and woodsy with a bit […]

Rainbow Potato Gratin

Sigh. First I’m hit with technical difficulties of the computer kind, and now technical difficulties of the cerebral kind. This post was all written and ready to go yesterday, but then someone forgot to hit the post button. Doh! I’m starting to think this post is jinxed because it has taken me so long to […]

Cream Cheese Pecan Strudel

Yep, it’s that time of the month again! The time when I roll up my sleeves and get daring along with the rest of the Daring Bakers gang. The May Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Linda of make life sweeter! and Courtney of Coco Cooks. They chose Apple Strudel from the recipe book Kaffeehaus: […]

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