A few weeks ago, I received a parcel from my mother in Japan. Included in it was a baking form that she had been having in her cupboard which hadn’t been used for decades—a Gugelhupf’s form. As I looked inside the form, it was written, […] read more
I am in love with this applesauce! It is one of the staples I always have in the freezer. This applesauce is made with only apples. No sugar, no honey, or any other ingredients. And yet its flavor is so rich, aromatic, and beautifully sweet. […] read more
Hummus, this Mediterranean speciality, has become one of the most popular protein sources for a plant-based diet. Although I cannot share what it is like to make the most truly authentic hummus, I wanted to share here how to make hummus in a way which […] read more
It has become my tradition to make homemade vegetable broth when I come back home from the farmers market and get this beautiful celery. It is so long and doesn’t fit in the vegetable drawers of our fridge. When I cut off the parts where […] read more
The Daikon season has arrived! I saw the first daikon of the year at the farmers market. It makes me realize the deepening of the autumn season. In the colder season, daikon is one of the vegetables that is eaten by Japanese people very often. […] read more
Last month, I finally made my own V-steam sauna box. It had been my wish for a while, and I am feeling so happy about this! I am not a handy person at all, yet I very much wanted to make this by myself, not […] read more
One of the wonderful and nourishing foods to eat during the moon time (menstrual period) is definitely a warm soup. It is gentle, soothing, nutritional, warming, nurturing, and grounding, which is exactly what our woman’s body needs. And when we make the soup with a […] read more
Before the summer vegetables are disappearing from the farmers market, I had to make this curry!! It has been such a precious time of year for me to see both summer and fall vegetables displayed together at the farmers market. Like I wrote in my […] read more
Writing an article about just toasted sesame seeds?! Maybe it’s a little too much, but I feel it deserves an article of its own! Toasted sesame seeds are such an essential ingredient for Japanese food. When you toast the raw sesame seeds, they get transformed […] read more
It is a precious time of a year when these two gourd family vegetables appear at the farmers market at the same time—cucumber and kabocha squash. For me, it feels at home to see them together, as kabocha is both a summer and winter vegetable […] read more
