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Strawberry Gelato–the perfect finish to a Memorial Day feast

Yay! I am back in business! I hate not being able to post. Yesterday was Memorial Day here in the US so Mr. Fuji had the day off. It was an absolutely beautiful day–warm, but not to hot, with a bit of a breeze and plenty of sunshine.We spent part of the afternoon at a […]

Phooey Patooey!

Grrrr, sometimes I hate computers! Our main desktop computer that I do 90% of my blogging on, and all of my downloading and editing of photos on just died, and there is no raising it from the dead. So, my plans to share that potato gratin with you will have to wait. We will be […]

Let’s get roll-in.

I love having friends and family that share my passion for good food. When you are around foodies, you often are also around people that have wonderful recipes to share. Cooking and eating are not solitary sports. Even if you happen to be cooking or eating alone on a particular occasion, the effort to get […]

Jian Bing (Chinese Breakfast Crepes)

Back in February I wrote about a savory crepe-like dish I had eaten in Beijing, China two years ago. We didn’t know the name of the pancakes and after attempts to find a similar recipe on-line we were unsuccessful. We started buying and making cong yu bing, another type of Chinese pancake made with a […]

Tantalize your tastebuds with homemade Chili Garlic Paste

After that amazing Peking duck dinner we had on Sunday I’ve been craving Chinese food. One of the things we bought when we went to Beijing two years ago was a jar of hot chili sauce that had peanuts in it. My parents tried to see if they could find a source on-line where they […]

Mother’s Day Gourmet

Mother’s Day was fabulous. Though any day where I wake up to these is fabulous (and in my favorite colors of red, orange, and yellow–well done Mr. Fuji!!).For dinner we drove out to my parents’ house and Mr. Fuji and Fuji Papa cooked Fuji Nana and I a truly gourmet dinner.It was very fun to […]

LollyChops Update

GallyChops (aka, Lolly’s gallbladder) was successfully evicted yesterday by the sheriff for causing an ongoing disturbance of the peace. The eviction went very smoothly and turned out to be the best case scenario. Lolly is already comfortably resting at home. MomChops is taking care of Lolly’s email, so let’s fill up her inbox with TONS […]

Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes

What better way to wrap up Cupcake Week than with comfort food in cupcake form? I love a good cinnamon roll, and cinnamon rolls work really well as cupcakes. After you roll up your dough and slice it into pieces, you just throw those pieces into cupcake liners (I double up on liners because these […]

Hammie Sammie Cupcake Bites

Day 5 of Cupcake Week! Can you believe it? I wanted to give you a good appetizer cupcake. I came up with the idea of little one bite sandwiches masquerading as cupcakes. I’ll explain how I made mine, but there are a thousand different variations you could come up with by changing the bread and […]

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