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Tsukemono – Quick Pickled Cucumbers

October 9, 2009 | | Recipes, Tsukemono | Leave a comment

An easy recipe for refrigerator pickles. This recipe works best if you can find smaller cucumbers. These are the kind sold at farmers markets and grocery stores for making dill pickles. Ingredients cucumbers – smaller, young cucumbers are best salt … Continue reading →

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Onigiri

September 26, 2009 | | Commets, Recipes, rice | 2 Comments

If you have some leftover rice and are looking to make a quick snack, try making some onigiri.  It’s a very popular food in Japan that is found in almost every convenience store. It’s basically a ball of rice with … Continue reading →

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Lemon Tart with Fresh Raspberries

September 22, 2009 | | Desserts, Recipes | Leave a comment

Here’s a recipe for a lemon tart with fresh fruit. I usually garnish this with either blueberries, strawberries or raspberries. It all depends on whatever is in season or looks the best at the store. There are really two parts … Continue reading →

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Soy Marinated Spare Ribs

September 15, 2009 | | Recipes | 2 Comments

This recipe is an adaptation from the book,  Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook (amazon link). It is a good book.  It is organized around several Izakaya restaurants in Japan the author writes about and showcases a few of their recipes.  … Continue reading →

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Sesame Flan

June 12, 2009 | | Desserts, Recipes | 2 Comments

A delicious twist on a creme caramel with sesame paste or tahini. The most difficult part is taking it out of the oven at the correct time. Don’t forget to set your timer! I’ve made this recipe many many times. … Continue reading →

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Easy Thin Roll – Cucumber and Avocado Roll

June 7, 2009 | | Recipes, sushi | Leave a comment

Sushi rolls are normally created with the nori on the outside of the roll. There are two basic types, futomaki (thick) roll and hosomaki (thin) roll. Futomaki are made using a whole sheet of nori and hosomaki are made using … Continue reading →

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Uramaki – Inside-Out California Roll

May 23, 2009 | | Recipes, sushi | Leave a comment

Here’s the recipe for making a California roll – probably the most popular inside-out roll in America. 1.  Prepare and cook sushi rice. Gather up all of your ingredients:  nori, sliced cucumber, avocado and crab mix. For the crab mix, … Continue reading →

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Making Sushi Rice Part 2

May 19, 2009 | | Recipes, sushi | Leave a comment

Ok, the rice has been washed and is  done cooking and now it’s  time make sumeshi – or vinegared rice. Remove the lid from the rice cooker and test a small amount of rice. If it seems too hard, let … Continue reading →

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