(”Wild Boar” by Kaji Aso 1995, Courtesy of the Kaji Aso Studio) (Learn more about Mr. Kaji Aso!) You long time readers might remember that my oldest daughter and I have been learning about the Japanese Tea Ceremony. We have attended a couple of 2 hour long tea ceremonies at the Kaji Aso Studio “House of Flower...

(Image Source: Shironoyu)Thanks to many years of working LONG hours many miles from home, 4 hours of daily commuting and simple exhaustion at the end of the day, my husband and I evolved a home routine of his doing the lion’s share of cooking.It’s a curious thing because certain artifacts arise from this sort of...

(You can click on any of these images to learn more about the photographer and to navigate to their Flickr page. Please do, these people have amazing photo-streams! Note about photography at bottom of post.) The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a very special experience, usually performed inside a small room or building specifically designed for...

I just wanted to tease you on what I have coming up for tomorrow. With the help of a large group of extremely talented and generous food photographers at Flickr, I will be presenting a pictorial round up on Wagashi (Japanese Tea Confections). My objective is to share with you the stunning beauty of these...

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } TeaSweet2, originally uploaded by nikaboyce. Afternoon snack – homemade adzuki sweet bean paste “tea sweet”. Just boiled adzuki beans with a bit of sugar added to the boil towards the end and then a...