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Baked Chicken Katsu + Back To School Lunch Ideas E-book!

Here we are again, getting our kiddos ready to go back to school (or in our case, already back in school)! I always loved this time of year growing up. I loved starting the school year with a new outfit, new pencils, a new binder, etc. Now as a parent, I think it’s a great […]

Back-to-School. Yup, it’s that time again! I know, I can’t believe it either. Squirrel actually had her first day of school YESTERDAY. Isn’t that crazy? What happened to school starting after Labor Day? But I digress. Squirrel is now in first grade, which means she goes to school for a full day. This means it’s time […]

Although Mr. Fuji and I have moved quite a few times in our marriage, it’s amazing how quickly I forget what a pain in the backside the process is. This is the first time we’ve thrown selling a house into the moving equation, and oh goodness me! I can’t wait for the process to be […]

Sous vide means under vacuum in French and is a cooking method where food is vacuum sealed and then cooked slowly in a temperature-controlled water bath. Until recently it was a method that I had read about, but had no real interest trying out for myself. But then I stumbled across an article that talked […]

You know the saying, “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade”? Well I say use one of the lemons and make egg and avocado toast instead. Over the past few weeks life has gone from normal crazy to crazy crazy. The Fuji family is moving. Everything has happened very quickly, so life has consisted of […]

Happy 4th of July! The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. I love all the patriotism, the red, white & blue, the barbecues, and the fireworks. We are visiting family in Utah for the holiday, and just received a big box of gorgeous California avocados from the California Avocado Commission. Perfect for […]

In 2009 I read these words: “I have a food fantasy. When Iris is six, I’m going to take her to Tokyo . . . We’ll go to an eel restaurant and eat several courses of eel, my favorite fish . . . We will eat our weight in rice. We’ll ride the Tokyo subway, […]

When I moved to Paris I had several bags of chocolate chips tucked into my suitcase so that I could whip up a batch of chocolate chip cookies if I got homesick. Luckily, when we moved to Japan, we had access to Costco, who conveniently carried chocolate chips, making room for other things in my […]

Half way through completing my undergrad degree in French and French literature, I spent a semester studying in Paris. I went to class in a fantastically old building in Le Marais, a historic district of Paris. Between the closest metro station to school and the school building there was an amazing tiny little takeout restaurant that […]

Pastel de Choclo, directly translated means “corn pie,” but is more of a layered corn and beef casserole than a pie in the traditional American sense. Pastel de Choclo was the final piece of the Chilean meal that I cooked with Ms. M. Chilean cuisine is a product of the commingling of the native Indian […]

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