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Brown Sugar Tea Cake . . . wanna piece?

You can find me guest posting over at bell’alimento (one of my all-time favorite blogs)! I am sharing my recipe for Brown Sugar Tea Cake—a light (low calorie and low fat!) cake that isn’t light on flavor. Starting tomorrow, the rest of this week is all about miso soup!

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Inevitably when I make a pot of rice to go along with dinner we don’t eat it all. More often than not, the rice that is left over isn’t enough to accompany another meal. So what to do with that little bit of leftover rice? This conundrum presented itself the other day after we had […]

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A favorite discovery of mine while living in Japan was zakkoku mai—Japanese rice mixed with seeds and grains. Zakkoku mai is a great addition to a meal in place of regular rice. Not only is it nutritious, adding nutrients and fiber to the rice, but it’s delicious. It has a wonderful subtle nutty flavor and […]

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“You can do it” Sandwich Bread Adapted from Michael Ruhlman’s Everyday Sandwich Bread Recipe Makes 1 loaf of bread 20 ounces all-purpose flour 12 ounces water 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon active dry yeast 1. Combine all of the ingredients in the bowl of a standing mixer. Using the dough hook, mix the ingredients on […]

When my friend Jenny, of Devour the World, and I start putting our heads together, it can only mean one thing: TROUBLE. Back in the Fall when we were both in the throws of macaron drama, we started saying that we needed to find some way to get Helene Dujardin, writer of the amazing blog […]

The challenge for the Washoku Warriors this past month was to make a few recipes in Washoku that pertain to New Years so that we could make them at the proper time of year.* The Warriors were asked to make one or more of the following: 1. New Year’s Salad (Kohaku Namasu), p.220 2. Fiery […]

Coconut Curry Wild Rice Soup, aka “Sunshine Soup” Adapted from Super Natural Cooking, by Heidi Swanson Makes 5 to 6 servings 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 teaspoons red curry paste 2 large cloves garlic, minced 2 yellow onions, chopped 1 cup wild rice, rinsed 4 cups water 1 yellow-fleshed sweet potato, peeled and cut into […]

As the saying goes, “Out with the old and in with the new.” 2009 has come and gone like a freight train and 2010 is here to stay. 2009 announced its arrival in our family with the birth of a new baby, affectionately known as Bug. The year ended with the passing of my dear […]

Happy New Year! May this next year bring us all yummy eats! Coming Next: Out with the old and in with the new!

We are currently in Utah enjoying spending time with family. It has been snowy and cold the whole time we’ve been here, which I guess is to be expected, since it is winter. But I must say that living in Southern California for the past year and a half has turned me into a total […]

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