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Foodie Dreams: Multigrain Bread Remake

It’s 4:38 am Sunday morning and I’m up feeding Bug. When she woke up “asking” to be fed, I was having the craziest dream. I dreamed that I was in New York with Hosea, the winner of the most recent season of Top Chef. We were in search of an urban legend, the tomato mountain. […]

Pork Stroganoff: Why it occasionally pays off to be sleep deprived.

Last week when I was planning out this week’s dinner menus I asked Mr. Fuji if there was anything he’d like me to make. He told me that he would love it if I would make his mom’s hamburger stroganoff. I pulled out the recipe and added the ingredients to my shopping list. When I […]

No Foolin’ 5-Minute Chocolate Mug Cake

Last night I dreamed that I was back living in Paris. I stopped to buy a ticket for the metro and then joined the rushing masses of commuters and made my way onto the train. Just as I was trying to figure out which exit I needed to take to exit onto the correct side […]

FM Favorite Giveaway: Magnetic Measuring Spoons

Starting today I’m going to periodically do a giveaway of one of my favorite things. Today’s giveaway is a set of magnetic measuring spoons made by Progressive International, Inc.Last year my mom read about these measuring spoons in Real Simple magazine and decided to order them. I remember her excitedly telling me about them and […]

FM’s Multigrain Bread

I’ve written before about my love for Great Harvest Bread Co.. I told you that one of my favorites is their Nine Grain loaf. It’s made with a mix of hard red wheat, soft white wheat, rye, barley, corn, millet, oats, flax, and buckwheat. It is hearty and moist, with a great nutty flavor to […]

Lasagne Verdi al Forno

I always look forward to posting the Daring Bakers challenge every month, as it gives me a sense of accomplishment–another challenge finished! This month’s challenge was a bit more unusual, as it entailed making lasagna entirely from scratch, from the handmade spinach egg noodles, to the béchamel, and finally to the sauce.I was excited because […]

Bunny Bento

Today’s post is in honor of Lolly’s Big Time Bunny Week that has been running all week over on her blog, LollyChops. I’ve been having so much fun reading about her projects that I decided we needed some bunnies over here at the Fuji cottage. I decided to make Squirrel a bunny bento as a […]

An Egg-cellent Adventure: A story of emus, ostriches, and kangaroos.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading all of your guesses yesterday! A 1000 year old egg, a stone, an ostrich egg, an emu egg, a dyed egg for Easter, a duck egg, a type of mango, a gulls egg, an avocado, a marbled stone egg, a watermelon, an Americana chicken egg, and my personal favorite, a wild […]

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Katie Kinser’s French Bread

A few weeks ago my mom told me about some french bread she had tasted at a baby shower. She explained that her good friend Katie (mother of twins!) had made it for the shower and that I needed to try making it because it was so good. I recently got the recipe and made […]

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