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Celebrating the Power of Influence with Boeuf Bourguignon

“Dining with one’s friends and beloved family is certainly one of life’s primal and most innocent delights, one that is both soul-satisfying and eternal.” – Julia Child I have been out of town for a wedding, and while gone I had the chance to go and see the movie Julie & Julia with my sister-in-law. […]

Putting Palm Leaf Plates to the Test

A while back Marx Foods put out a call on their blog for bloggers interested in trying out their Palm Leaf Dinnerware. I was intrigued by the idea of plates made from palm leaves and wondered how they would compare to paper plates, so I let Marx Foods know that I would be interested in […]

Celebrating Julie & Julia with a Tarte au Fromage Frais

Today is the day of the much anticipated release of the movie Julie & Julia. For this week’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking challenge, I decided that I needed to celebrate the big day with some kind of dessert, and while flipping through the dessert section of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, a […]

Julia Child Goes to Japan: Tomates à la Japonaise

Tomates à la Japonaise (Tomatoes Stuffed with Panko, Herbs, and Garlic) Adapted from Mastering the Art of French Cooking, by Julia Child 6 servings 6 firm, ripe, red medium tomatoes Salt and Pepper 3 cloves minced garlic 3 Tbsp. minced green onions 1 Tbsp. minced fresh shiso leaf (or you can use all basil instead) […]

Nutella Banana Gyoza

Yesterday I showed you how to make your own gyoza wrappers. When it comes to filling them, the sky is the limit! You’ll be hearing about a more traditional style of gyoza later this month in the Washoku Warrior roundup, so today I’m going to share a simple filling that is a bit more unexpected. […]

Time to wrap things up! Homemade Gyoza Wrappers

“Luck is like having a rice dumpling fly into your mouth.” — Japanese Proverb I’m a huge lover of all types of dumplings, especially Japanese gyoza. Living in Japan meant I was able to feed my inner gyoza monster on a regular basis. In our apartment complex in Tokyo we had a little mini supermarket […]

Genius in Simplicity: Concombres au Beurre

“You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces – just good food from fresh ingredients.” — Julia Child If you’ve been reading LFM at all during the past week, then you know that Julia Child and I have been doing a bit of hanging out. She has been suffering through my ramblings, walked me […]

Making Japanese Pickles the Washoku Way

I am excited to bring you this guest post by Shane Sakata who writes about Japan Travel and Culture at The Nihon Sun. Shane is on her second stint living in Japan. She loves the culture, the lifestyle and especially the food! ******************************************* Japanese pickles, or tsukemono, really aren’t pickles at all says Elizabeth Andoh, […]

Corona Farmers’ Market

As you know, the Fuji family lives in Southern California. Specifically, we live in the City of Corona–a city located approximately 45 miles southeast of Los Angeles in western Riverside County.The city is situated at the base of the Cleveland National Forest. Corona was founded in 1886 as an agricultural town, as the warm climate […]

Making Milan Cookies With the Daring Bakers

The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network. They gave us the option of making both recipes or choosing one. Because so much has been going on this month, I opted to make […]

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