La Fuji Mama

Simple Cheesy Æbleskivers + A Giveaway!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE æbleskivers (little round Danish pancake-like pastries–read more about them here). Last month I told you about my favorite food finds from the Foodbuzz Bloggers Festival, which included æbleskivers from Aunt Else's Æbleskiver. Chad Gillard, the president of Aunt Else's, and his wife were at the Foodbuzz bloggers festival making æbleskivers with their […]

“Rational habits permit of discarding nothing left over, and the use to which leftovers (and their economic allies, the wild things of nature) are put is often at the heart of a cooking's character.” – Richard Olney (1835-1917) If you make slow cooker kalua pig, you are bound to have some leftovers, unless you are […]

Update 12/8/09: I'm excited to be a featured blogger on Oprah.com for Oprah.com's Holiday 2009 blow-out ~ come see our favorite holiday recipes! Japanese home cooking is all about cooking with what's in season. Chestnuts are widely used in Japan when in season in a variety of ways. They even show up in a Japanese […]

Slow Cooker Kalua Pig Makes 12-14 servings 5-6 pound pork butt roast 1 1/2 tablespoons Hawaiian sea salt (coarse sea salt) 1 1/2 tablespoons liquid smoke flavoring 1. Pierce the pork roast all over with the tip of a sharp knife. Place the roast in a large slow cooker and rub the salt all over […]

Moving Day Giveaway Winners!

Thank you everyone for all of your nice comments! I'm loving being in my new home. The Random Number Generator picked out the two winners for the Moving Day Giveaway. The winner of The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook is Aaron Schalk. Aaron said, "Congrats on the new home! Happy Thanksgiving!" The winner of the Magnetic Measuring […]

This month the Washoku Warriors tackled sushi. The assignment was to make: 1. Sushi Rice, p.145 2. *Choose one (or more!) of the following to use the sushi rice:* – Five-Colored Foods with Sushi Rice, p.147 – Rolled Sushi, Two Ways, p.149 – Sushi Pillows, p.152 3. OPTIONAL: Clear Ocean Broth with Herbs and Lemon […]

As Thanksgiving draws to a close, I can't help but feel so grateful for so many things. The Fuji family is currently in Utah. We attended the funeral of my grandma this past weekend and then stuck around to be with family for Thanksgiving. I am grateful for family. I am grateful for my children. […]

Lately I’ve been enticed by the beautiful beets at our farmer’s market. I got an especially beautiful bunch of beets during my last trip to buy produce at the market. The beets sat in my kitchen for several days calling to me to use them. I finally decided on turning them into a warm beet salad. I […]

Celebrating Moving Day!

I know that posting has been light around here, but for good reason! For the past month I've been working on a "top secret" project—building a new home for LFM. Moving day is finally here! Today marks the switch from Blogger to WordPress and from having my domain name hosted through Google to self-hosting. If […]

Although I wasn’t planning on posting anything new until the technical issues for my “top secret” project were resolved, circumstances arose that have changed my mind. My maternal grandmother passed away early yesterday morning. Although the death of a loved one is always a hard thing to experience, I am also grateful for the reminder […]

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