La Fuji Mama

Passover-friendly Tori Tsukune Nabe

When my friend Tori, the genius behind The Shiksa in the Kitchen, asked if I would be willing to contribute to her Passover Potluck 2013, I knew I wanted to bring something Japanese to the table. This is easier said than done, however, due to the special rules for preparing food that is kosher for […]

The inside of my refrigerator is starting to look like one big lab experiment. I seem to have developed an obsession with putting things in jars. There’s a batch of Mark Bittman’s easy kimchi, several jars of Three Pepper Jelly, some sliced variegated pink lemons marinating in honey, several different types of tsukemono (Japanese pickles) […]

We’re citrus fanatics in the Fuji household, and so we love the winter months when citrus season is at its peak. The Fujilings love helping out in the kitchen when any citrus is involved, knowing that they’ll get to snack on whatever citrus we’re cooking with as we go. One of the varieties we’ve fallen […]

I’ve recently been in contact with a Japan tour company based in Los Angeles, called PacSet Tours. This year they have a food themed tour scheduled for August (August 19 — 28, 2013) that is going to be amazing. If you have ever wanted to experience Japan, this would be a great tour to try! […]

Benimosu no Tataki Kyuri, or Beaten Cucumber Pickles drizzled with Purple Sweet Potato Vinegar—a simple Japanese pickle that highlights the quality of the ingredients used, and a great way to work out some aggression in the kitchen. I’ve talked about tsukemono, or Japanese pickles, before, but we’re going to touch on it again today. We’re […]

I recently made a tofu cheesecake for dessert—a no-bake, lightened up version of cheesecake that uses tofu and powdered gelatin. Usually when I make cheesecake, lightened up or not, I make it in some sort of cookie crust. As I was whipping up the filling for this cheesecake, however, the process reminded me of a […]

How about a Grapefruit Juniper Berry Fizz to celebrate the beginning of the weekend?

Home soda-making has recently been put into the spotlight, with SodaStream International, a company that sells a home soda maker system, when one of their ads, meant to air during the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl was banned because it directly challenged two other major sponsors—Pepsi and Coca-Cola. The company re-worked the ad, which was […]

I had planned on sharing a recipe for a fabulous endive salad with you as my next OnDiva post, but then this Endive Rice Soup happened, and all thoughts of salad sharing flew out the window, and it’s all because of a virus. The dreaded “junk” has been traveling through our community this past month. […]

Roll out the red carpet and put on somethin’ fancy because we’re celebrating today on LFM! Not only are The Oscars this weekend, but I’ve got my own reasons for celebration. Things have been a bit quiet around here because I’ve been trying to move my site to a new host. That didn’t go as […]

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