Last time, I made a post titled “Remnant Cooking: Bread”. In response to panic buying after the disaster, one blogger made bread out of bread crumbs. Today, I will introduce…

The disaster on March 11 brought chaos even to non-devastated areas. One of  the confusions was “panic buying”. A little while ago, people rushed to stores to buy certain kinds…

  Since old times, Japanese people have loved the warbling of Japanese bush warblers, passerine birds called uguisu in Japanese. Not only the beautiful songs, we receive another benefit from…

There was a popular weekly TV show that introduces useful household tips and tricks, titled “Ito-ke no shokutaku,” which translates in English “The Ito Family’s Dining Table.” Although the show…

  In Japan, temaki sushi is a popular family dinner or home party. Temaki literally means hand-roll, and we usually call the sushi style in one word “temaki-zushi,” and refer…

  Are you familiar with the dish called “hamburg steak”? It sounds like a traditional German dish, but this is a good example of a Japan-style western dish^^. I guess…

Spring is right around the corner. Within a few weeks, we can view some cherry blossoms while having nice Japanese sweets with green tea outside. Today, I want to share…

Have you ever heard of “age-manju”?  Age (pronounced like [∧ge] ) means “fried”,  and manju is a “bun with sweet bean-paste filling”. Sometimes it’s sold at tourist places and people…

Look at these beautiful nail decorations! Lovely nails sure do make women happy (^^)     (c) ちえり｜写真素材 PIXTA   In recent years, the “gel nail” has become the state-of-the-art…

A cooking aid that has been popular among house wives lately is the black aluminum foil developed and manufactured by Toyo Aluminum. One side of the foil is coated with…

  Looks yummy (*^_^*). Today’s Japanese recipe from “Cooking With Dog” is buta no shoga-yaki (= pork sauté with ginger sauce). In Japan, buta no shoga-yaki is very popular regardless…