Our new family tradition of going to a nice restaurant for our birthdays started when I would ask to go to the

These are not really pickles, but rather a Japanese cucumber salad. This dish received its name of Lazy Pickle

Depending on the size of your wok, you might need to cook this in batches.

Okonomiyaki is a specialty of Osaka, the second largest city in Japan and also it's foodie capital. Tomiko and

Homemade Japanese dishes are often variations on a few cooking styles - one of the simplest and tastiest is th

In Japanese cooking, we measure rice with a plastic rice cup, which is about 180mL instead of the regular 250m

At this time of year in 2010, Tomiko and I flew to Tokyo and spent a month staying with our friend for hanami

Ducks are waterfowl and capable of flying, which in turn means they have a lot of fat on their bodies. Duck fa

Tomiko and Donatello used to work on cruise ships for several years, and I flew down to visit them in the Cari

This tempeh recipe is a riff on a dish that we love at our favourite Chinese restaurant here in Toronto. The b

This banana bread recipe is adapted from one in the Family Fun Cookbook that I received for my 12th birthday.

I've been on a honey-mustard kick recently, after having read through David Lebovitz's newbook front to back,

Our mom is not a fan of baking - I think it's because she doesn't like following directions. She makes phenome

This broccoli salad, dotted with sweet red grapes and crunchy pine nuts, is tossed in a creamy, tangy dressin

Nanaimo bars are supersweet triple-layer squares. The bottom layer is  a graham cracker crumb base, flavoured

  If I were to choose my favourite dessert, I think I might have to choose the rather simple combination of 

Poached pears have never really appealed to me. I think I imagined the dish to be mushy and bland, which is

I had a few leftover bananas lying around my kitchen, so I decided to whip up some tasty banana walnut muffins

I've been vegetarian for well over 10 years, but I don't mind cooking meat for others. Often as the sole veget

    Here is an easy, no-fuss recipe for pulled pork that you can make ahead in your slow cooker. I made a b

Normally our dad prefers that I make a cheesecake for his birthday cake. This year, however, he said he wante

Pickles are an important part of a Japanese meal. When Meinhilde and I last visited Japan and overstayed our w

In Japan, matcha is used to flavour so many foods, from soft-serve ice cream, Kit Kat bars, and Pocky to Swiss

Lemons and poppyseeds go so well together, which is why you find them together in foods ranging from salad dre

One of our aunts loves snacking. Sweet snacks. Savoury snacks. Anything that she can nibble. She doesn't have

At a recent party, these cucumber bites were one of the most simple items featured on the menu, but were also

     Trifle is such an easy dessert that I can't really take credit for a recipe. So, this is the collect

When Donatello and I worked for a cruise line, our favourite ports were in the Mediterranean. With a short wa

   When our mom was a little girl in rural Germany, one of her chores was to make her older brother vanilla

Ponche de Creme, or Ponche Creme, is a Trinidadian Christmas drink that is similar to eggnog. Before last Chri

Each year, Ryan and I go to our friends' holiday Wine and Cheese party. Being cheese lovers, we are always lo

     When we lived in Saudi Arabia, lamb was cheap. It was a common meat, as common as beef, and it was fo

I have been making my own birthday cakes since I was about 13 years old, and now I like to make birthday cakes

This is a lovely, silky, smooth soup that is enriched with cheddar. Get the oldest cheddar you can so you get

  This rustic puff pastry leek galette is delicious! It uses only a few ingredients but it is a show-

While we were living in Saudi Arabia, it was almost impossible to buy vanilla extract, since the authorities a