Japan

Peko Peko Cookbook for sale! Help us send some love to Japan.

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I should hope that it’s more than obvious that I have a deep love for Japan.  Poor Mr. Fuji didn’t realize that he would be creating a monster when he suggested we move to Japan.  Just a few months after getting married, we packed up everything we could fit into the airline’s allotted suitcase allowance […]

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For Japan With Love

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It has been a week since the massive 9.0 earthquake in northeastern Japan, and nothing is as it was. I’ve had a difficult time finding the “oomph” to continue on as normal here on LFM.  Luckily I’ve found some projects for myself that make it so that I can do something other than sit and […]

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Nikuman—Japanese Steamed Pork Buns

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Nikuman Makes 8 buns For the dough: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 4 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 cup granulated sugar 2/3 cup warm milk For the filling: 4 ounces ground pork 1/3 onion, finely chopped 1.5 ounces boiled bamboo shoots, finely chopped 2 teaspoons finely grated fresh ginger 2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce 2 teaspoons […]

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Exploring Tokyo, July 2010

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If someone had told me a few years ago that I would have a group of friends that I had made on the internet, I would have thought that they were crazy.  Fast forward to the present, and that is exactly what has happened.  Life as a food blogger has given me a community that […]

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Fujigami Candy Box

A couple of weeks ago fellow blogger, friend, and crafty woman extraordinaire, Miss Lolly, posted a free download for paper that you can print out called “Ella.”I instantly fell in love with the pattern and decided that I needed a little candy box to sit next to my computer so that I’d have instant access […]

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Who’s your Papa? Beard Papa’s Cream Puffs

No, I’m not back in Tokyo to go to my favorite Beard Papa’s in Shibuya station (I wish!), and no, I didn’t drive back to the Costa Mesa Marukai to check out the Beard Papa’s there either. When I discovered that Beard Papa’s had made its way to the US, I looked up the different […]

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Heavenly Hanami

Do you remember how I said in my post yesterday that, “Cherry blossom season = heaven on earth!”? Well with a statement like that, do you really think I would limit my comments on cherry blossoms to only part of one post? No! As an old Japanese proverb says: “The cherry is first among flowers, […]

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Taking time to stop and smell the flowers . . . .

I Failed to realize, with the Frenetic pace of March, that my deadline for “F” had Flown past me! Luckily, I got a gentle nudge yesterday from Fuji-san who decided to make an appearance. As I was admiring my patron mountain yesterday morning it reminded me that I needed to do an “F” post. “F” […]

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Onigiri Oblations

I love onigiri. So does Squirrel. Onigiri (御握り; おにぎり) is a Japanese rice ball snack–mmmm. These rice balls are often shaped into triangles or rounds and have a variety of fillings and are often wrapped with a sheet of nori, or seaweed. However they can also be simple balls/triangles of rice that are dipped in […]

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