I was reminiscing today about one of my favorite destinations in Tokyo. Mecca for the culinary connoisseur. Nirvana for the “kitsch-en” collector. A place where the Yen in my purse would start to shake and quiver the minute I was within spitting distance. Kappabashi market.
Marked by a giant statue of a chef’s head, Kappabashi [...]

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There is nothing worse than trying to prepare a meal in a kitchen other than your own and finding all their knives duller than dull. I’m talking suitable-for-preschooler-to-take-out-in-the-yard-and-play-with dull. You try and slice a tomato and it smashes to pulp. Cutting that nice pork loin into beautiful 1/4 inch medallions? Forget it. Slicing your perfect [...]

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There’s never a bad time for a roasted chicken. Especially when the weather is still a bit crisp, and you feel like tucking in for the evening and enjoying a good meal. The smell of roasting bird wafts through the house, taunting your hunger. You almost want to grasp fork and knife in hands and [...]

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No matter how hot and humid the weather, we are always drawn to the smell of freshly made tortillas in Mexico. While meandering around the old-town section of Puerto Vallarta, we happened upon “Tortilleria La Gloria,” a fresh Tortilla factory. A staple and omnipresent element of the Mexican diet, “Tortillas de Maiz,” or corn tortillas, [...]

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Prior to my move from Japan back to the U.S. there were a few necessities that I felt I could just not leave without. Quintessential Japanese items:
A string of pearls (every girl needs a good set of pearls, right?)
A kimono (a casual summer one, but beautiful nonetheless, complete with obi and geta)
A few nice [...]

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I mentioned before the items I inherited from my Grandmother’s kitchen. One of these items happened to be a Presto Pressure Cooker, in quite good shape actually. When I opened it I found a Recipe Book dated 1968 (the year I was born). The introduction says, “The Modern Way to Cook: For Family Health [...]

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