Being a Japanese person living abroad, I often get asked “Do you make sushi at home?”
For the Japanese, when we hear “sushi”, we first think of the most traditional form of sushi called Nigiri. To make great Nigiri sushi, it takes a sushi chef years and years of practice. However, I do make an easy form of sushi at home and that’s Teamki Sushi (hand roll).
It’s already mid-May and coming to the end of school year in the U.S. My daughter will be graduating from her preschool next week and my son will finish first grade in 3 weeks! As summer is quickly approaching, I prepared a refreshing and spicy Soba Salad recipe to share with you today.
The recent Green Tea Steamed Cake was a real hit among Just One Cookbook readers and I received very supportive feedback from readers (thank you!). Today I am excited to share my next “steam in a frying pan” recipe with you, and it’s Custard Pudding.
Mother’s Day is just around the corner so today I want to share a delightful Seared Scallop dish that you can cook to celebrate this occasion. Also, I prepared an international giveaway so don’t forget to check out the details!
The weather has been really nice in the Bay Area and my children want to play outside in the park and go biking. My already-busy life has turned into super-hectic life and I find myself struggling to find time to do everything.
When I am too busy to make a full bento for my son’s lunch, I sometimes make this Cute Octopus Sausage Bento because it’s super quick and fun!
I didn’t know seaweed is considered “strange food” until I came to the US. Japan is surrounded by the ocean and we eat many kinds of seaweed. For example, nori for sushi and rice balls (onigiri), and wakame for miso soup and salad. Beside these, there are many other different types of “seaweed” for culinary use.
Even though seaweed is a common ingredient in Japanese cuisine, I was surprised by many requests for Seaweed Salad recipe from JOC readers around the globe.
When I shared Salmon Fried Rice recipe, I mentioned that salmon is my children’s favorite fish. Their favorite way to enjoy salmon is always salmon sashimi or sushi, then Salted Salmon (Shiojake/Shiozake), and finally they would choose this Teriyaki Salmon as their third favorite.
These cookies are PHENOMENAL. In the 36 years of my life, I think this is the best chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever had.
Ketchup spaghetti?! Yes, it’s a spaghetti recipe that is seasoned mainly with ketchup. This ketchup flavored pasta is popular and widely available in cafe restaurants in Japan and we call it Spaghetti Neapolitan (スパゲッティーナポリタン).
From what I can find on the web, the recipe was originated from Japan (please let me know if Spaghetti Neapolitan exists in Italy). I want to share this recipe because recently I had received several request from readers. They all referred to this dish as “Ketchup Pasta” hence I called it Ketchup Spaghetti.
I came to the United States to study when I was twenty years old. Until then I grew up in Yokohama (横浜; about 20 miles/30km from Tokyo). Since moving to the US, I miss a lot of things in Japan especially my family.
I also miss the various snacks and Japanese produce that I cannot get in the Bay Area. Whenever my mom comes to visit me, I always ask her to bring Butter Cookies called Hato Sabure (鳩サブレー) from this traditional Japanese confectionery store.
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