Category Archives: Food

A Photo from Dinner…

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I wanted to show a quick photo from tonight’s dinner. Sorry, but I don’t have a recipe to post (yet). I combined a few “Jerk Chicken” recipes, but didn’t write down the specifics!
The combination of lime juice, soy sauce, allspice, cinnamon, garlic, fresh ginger, green onions, and hot peppers made for tasty...

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Curry and Dijon Baked Chicken

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A new spice has entered my world of cooking.
Curry powder.
I used to be intimated by curry powder. Everything about curry seemed so intense.
The aroma.
The flavor.
The color.

While I had previously enjoyed eating meals prepared with curry, I never attempted to cook with curry. Since we moved to Tokyo, this has changed.
Curry is not just...

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Roasted Vegetables with Soy Sauce and Ginger

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I have often prepared this vegetable combination with an Italian flavor, but recently adapted the recipe to an Asian flavor. Both styles taste very good. I will have to post the recipe for the Italian version sometime! This is such a simple recipe…just add the flavors you like best and you can’t...

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Strawberries

It’s strawberry season in Japan! The markets in Tokyo are currently filled with perfectly ripened and packaged strawberries. They look so good, that you almost do not want to eat them. Haa – not a chance!

I made a quick smoothie with a few strawberries, oranges, banana, and plain yogurt. Yum…

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Rustic Pizza

What do you do when you feel like having pizza for dinner, but when you look in the pantry – you do not have all the necessary ingredients to make pizza? “Order in!” is what several people would probably say. I decided to improvise and make do with the ingredients we had available. This turned...

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