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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: In the Kitchen With Julia Child

My first ever Daring Bakers Challenge, back in February 2008, was Julia Child’s recipe for French Bread. When I first looked at the recipe, I felt as though the wind had been knocked out of me because the recipe is epically long (eighteen pages long in the original Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. […]

First Attempts at Mastering the Art of French Cooking

When friend and fellow food blogger Hélène of La Cuisine d’Hélène approached me earlier in the week about doing a Mastering the Art of French Cooking (MTAFC) challenge where a few of us would cook from the book to celebrate the upcoming release of the Julie & Julia movie, I immediately said yes. I decided […]

Celebrating with Julia Child

I have always loved food. My mother tells me that I have always eaten everything, unlike my siblings who tended to be pickier at times (with the exception of an 18-year period where I didn’t eat yams because they made me sick). My love for food was even used against me once when my mother […]

FM’s Jerusalem Salad

After returning home from our local farmer’s market this past Saturday with a market bag full of fresh cucumbers, parsley, and beautiful heirloom tomatoes, I decided it was time to try and come up with a version of the Jerusalem Salad I loved so much at O’Falafel, Etc. Based on watching the salad preparation and […]

Breadmaker Bakeoff, Part II

After all of that baking in both machines, how do they ultimately compare? For starters, the Zojirushi takes up quite a bit more counter space than the Breadman,So if you’re low on counter space, this could be a problem. As far as the rest of the design is concerned, that is the only downside to […]

Breadmaker Bakeoff, Part I

On Saturday my Breadman Deluxe Breadmaker faced off with a Zojirushi BBCCZ20 Home Bakery Supreme Bread Machine in a bakeoff. I picked 3 different dishes (a bread recipe, a main dish, and a dessert) to bake in each machine, and then fed the results to 8 adult taste testers in a blind tasting.Each tester was […]

The Great Breadmaker Bakeoff

What happens when two different breadmakers made by two different companies go head to head in a bakeoff? Yesterday 8 brave adult taste testers and 6 kids came over to the Fuji house to find out. The specifics? 3 different recipes made in each breadmaker, then presented to the testers in a blind taste test. […]

"Sugar & Spice & Everything Nice" Baby Shower

I love entertaining (except for the cleaning up part). It’s always fun to mix food and friends. Last night I helped host a baby shower for my friend, Ms. A, at my house. Ms. A has 2 cute boys, but #3 is going to be a girl, so we decided we needed an ultra girly […]

San Shoku Domburi in 3 Acts

Washoku Warriors Challenge #1: San Shoku Domburi

The Washoku Warriors wielded their chopsticks for the first time this month by cooking San Shoku Domburi, or Rice Bowl With Three-Colored Topping. The three colors came from gingery ground chicken, green peas, and yellow corn, with the option of also topping the rice bowl with some red pickled ginger or cherry tomatoes and crumbled […]

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