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Fuji Bites — April 19, 2013

1. Last weekend we took the girls to see the movie The Croods. Have you seen it? We loved it. Mr. Fuji and I were laughing right along with the girls the whole time. Afterwards we went outside the theater where there’s a huge fountain, and the girls insisted on stopping so they could sit on its […]

Barramundi—such a great name, and an even more delicious type of fish, with a mild buttery flavor and dense meaty texture. Plus, with it’s moderate oil content, it’s an easy fish to cook, whether you grill it to serve in pita sandwiches like I did recently (recipe at the end of the post!), or you […]

I used to think that mayonnaise was mayonnaise, something I occasionally put on a sandwich (but usually not—I was a mustard devotee), and something that my mom used to make tuna fish or egg salad sandwiches. Then I moved to Japan and tasted Japanese mayonnaise and realized that all mayos are not created equal, and […]

Fuji bites and nibbles from the past week: 1. I can tell that spring is here. The light is changing and I find myself wanting to spend the evenings outside, rather than hibernating inside with a book, like I tend to do during the winter.

Japanese style fried chicken, tori no karaage, or chicken karaage as I like to call it, is my favorite version of fried chicken, with the exception of Gus’s Fried Chicken in Memphis, Tennessee, which I became hopelessly addicted to while in law school. Chicken karaage has a light crispy outside and a moist, tender inside, rendering […]

Alaska love has been flowing strong this year on American television, with Andrew Zimmern visiting Alaska’s Inside Passage on an episode of his show Bizarre Foods, and the most recent season of Top Chef drawing to a close with the final four contestants earning the chance to visit Juneau, Alaska and competing using seafood from […]

Life is so full and busy that only a very small percentage of what happens in our lives and in my kitchen ever makes it onto this space, so I’ve decided to give myself a few liberties with content. There are so many amazing books and products out there that I don’t have nearly enough […]

I no longer use an oven when I make pizza, I use a fry pan. This is not a technique I came up with, just one I fell in love with a few years ago. I recently posted some pictures on Instagram of one of our fry pan pizza nights, and got so many questions […]

I need to make a rule for myself that I do not set foot in a grocery store when I’m hungry. It always gets me in to trouble. Always. Except for a recent trip. Last week I made a quick stop to pick up a few things at the store after dropping the girls off […]

With the arrival of Spring and the approach of Easter Sunday, eggs are everywhere. As I was preparing to write this post, all of the eggs I was seeing in stores and decor got me to thinking about the versatility of the egg. If you think about it eggs are one of the most versatile […]

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