Tomorrow marks one year since Japan was devastated by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which spawned the catastrophic Fukushima Daiichi ...

How fortuitous that I saved the spicy dishes for the end of the week! My sinus woes have not abated, although I did make it to work today. I...

Annoyingly, I've got this sinus thing going on. But, what better remedy for a head cold than hot soup, right? Not to mention some fres...

Maru's Twitter Profile Pic Well, I've caught a cold, but I'll be cooking again tomorrow. Meantime, I wanted to share my abso...

My first Japanese dish is one style of  donburi , a popular "rice bowl dish" that has many iterations. It seems that most donburi ...

こんにちは !  ( Kon'nichiwa !) (Hello!) We went out to dinner this past week to celebrate a friend's birthday at a local Hibachi-styl...

OK, I think I'm going to put the pasta attachment for KitchenAid mixers on my birthday and  Christmas wish lists! I love the taste of th...

Today, March 1st, the greater Capital Region just completed its first significant snow event since Halloween . Snow reached about a foot at ...

What an amazing concidence! A loyal follower (and active participant!) of this blog contacted me yesterday to make sure I knew that the 4th ...

This meal felt so elegant, we used the Limoges! This is an EXQUISITE dish that takes a fair amount of time to prep, but the payoff is...