Posts Tagged ‘soba’
Pacific Saury (sanma) is my Absolutely Favorite fish in the Whole Wide World (salmon is in second place by a hair’s breadth), and when it is in season, sashimi is the absolutely best way to eat it. Like sardines, saury is a fish that deteriorates quickly, so whether you buy it fresh or frozen, you [...]
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Tags: fish, Japan, Noodles, sashimi, soba
ROE playing games
27Sep09
I did not love fish roe in my childhood. I came to love it many many years later, while living in Osaka, where I had abundant opportunity to eat things my mother had never, in her wildest dreams, thought to feed me. In Osaka I learned to enjoy roe of all colors, tastes, and textures, [...]
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Tags: avocado, buckwheat, fish roe, shiso, smoked salmon, soba
My Wagashi Chronicles- moon-viewing festival (more rabbit manju)The Tsuki-mi (moon viewing) celebration is fast approaching, and while debating whether to bother making a pile of the traditional tsuki-mi dango (moon viewing dumplings), I came across these adorable rabbit-shaped steamed manju being promoted as an alternative treat for the occasion. In the Japanese mind, rabbits are closely associated with the moon, as it […]
- moon-viewing festival (more rabbit manju)
- Dosankodebbie’s Etegami Notebook
- illustration friday (hurry)"Hurry," in Curling terminology, is a command shouted by the skip to tell the sweepers to sweep harder and faster-- in other words, it's used much the same way it's used in ordinary conversation. But Curling is cooler than ordinary conversation. That's my opinion, but you agree, don't you? Of course, you do.Just.in.Case.You […]
- illustration friday (hurry)
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