Makin’ Maki Sushi Round Up!

I am a big sushi lover… I’m talking BIG! I could eat sushi every.single.day if it weren’t for how my body has a love/hate relationship with carbs. However, today I indulged in sushi and had friends come over to learn how to make maki rolls. For my sushi event, I prepped all the ingredients for [...]

Japanese Cucumber Salad

The following recipe was made for my Picnic Wine event. You can read more about it and get additional recipes HERE.
Japanese Cucumber Saladshared at the event by Teresarecipe HERE

2 medium cucumbers or 1 large English cucumber1/4 cup rice vinegar1 teaspoon sugar1/4 teaspoon salt2 tablespoons sesame seeds, toasted
1. Peel cucumbers to leave alternating green stripes. [...]

Japanese & Riesling Event with Round Up!

One way to beat the heat this summer is to enjoy some lighter cuisine – something that isn’t going to be too rich or heavy. One such cuisine is Japanese and this month we’ve paired it with a wine event focused on Rieslings. I provided a sampling of 5 Riesling wines and a handful of [...]

Friends & Fun

Today was another lazy day where we lounged around soaking up sun on the balcony, watched movies and surfed the web (or work… which I’ll confess I did while on vacation). I spent part of the day with business calls and setting up meetings for the coming days. Besides, I had to save up my [...]

Memoirs of a Geisha & Japanese Potluck

Today I hosted our monthly book/movie gathering between girlfriends. This month we read the book, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, prior to our get together. At the get together, we be watched the 2005 movie, Memoirs of a Geisha directed by Rob Marshall. We also tied the book & movie with a Japanese [...]

Miso Soup

Miso Soup
The Miso Soup was made by heating about 4-6 cups of water just until hot, not boiling. We then stirred in 1-2 tablespoons of white miso paste (fermented soybean) and stirred until dissolved. We then added rehydrated wakame (seaweed) and diced soft tofu. Once it was all warmed through (not boiling!), it was ready [...]

Watch Out – Man in the Kitchen!

It’s Monday and the first Monday after changing the clocks, at that. My internal clock is still getting used to the hour change and by the time I got home, making dinner was the least of my concerns. Thankfully, my husband was off of work and took the lead in getting dinner started. We decided [...]

Together with Temaki

Sushi is a favorite of many folks and it’s really not that difficult to make! There are various kinds of sushi but for this class we will be making hand rolls, or temaki-sushi. Tonight I hosted a class/party where we all made temaki-sushi with various cooked & raw sushi grade fish, vegetables and other common [...]

Sushi Para Me & You

My husband has been suffering from a really bad gout attack. As a result, we have to modify his diet. One thing that he’s able to eat and something we both enjoy is sushi! For lunch today, we hit up a fun and extremely affordable sushi place near his doctor’s office. Sushi Para Too offers [...]

Enoki Enhancements

Today for lunch I wanted to use some of the goodies I picked up from my recent trip to a Korean grocery store. What resulted was an eclectic mix of ingredients for a stew with a soy & tomato sauce. One of the ingredients I used were enokitake mushrooms.
Enokitake (enoki for short) are long, thin [...]