(Amazing Wakame Salad) . Time has really gotten away from me these past weeks so this post is just too long in the coming! . Back on March 16th I visited the International Boston Seafood Show (3rd year in a row!) and was fortunate to be able to attend an evening of meeting the fantastic people representing the Japanese...

(”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...

(Bhutanese red rice onigiri with tofu and split pea puree, recipe towards the end of this post) Today’s post is going to have multiple personalities. I am going to cover three main topics: Low Glycemic Cooking and why I care A recipe for the Bhutanese red rice onigiri you see above A how-to on making onigiri with my...

I found these really cute sushi soaps at The Paper Source and thought I would share. One day, I spent a couple of hours driving around looking for some guest soaps for the bathroom and find NONE! I was so darn frustrated. With these soaps you can satisfy the need to spiffy up the bathroom for...

What is a Mantis Shrimp? Well, you are looking at three of them in the photo above. I was walking through the IBSS and came across some Southeast Asian seafood purveyors who had some interesting displays, this one included. These animals are much larger than most shrimp, you would likely need two hands to hold one...

When my daughter and I went to the 2007 International Boston Seafood Show this last Monday, we got to meet Kathy Maister and Stephen from startcooking.com and stephencooks.com respectively. Wow, what a couple of awesome foodies and food bloggers. We were chatting (after various mishaps in trying to find one another in that...

There are only a few foods that I crave. Crave, in my case, is not a constant background desire but rather a sudden basic need. If you have ever been pregnant, you likely know what that feeling is, its very hard to articulate. I do not crave chocolate although I adore it. ...

(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...