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Adventures in Japanese Cooking

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    I love Japanese food. I grew up in San Francisco eating at the famous Migaya restaurant on Union Street enjoying shabu shabu hot pot. The restaurant resembled a country inn with old school floor-seating only. Don't look for it[...]

What I Found At The Farmers Market, A Quick Trick With Peas

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Reposting this after it was devoured by Blogger last night.     Last night found me once again at the Sonoma Tuesday Night Farmer's Market. The market which is under new management this year is stunning, and I[...]

Cake In A Jar...And Don't Just Leave It At That!

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You know how sometimes you'll hear or see something and you can't get it out of your head? No matter what you do or how you spend your day it's always lurking back there in the shadows, talking to you... calling your name? You don't? [...]

Spring Has Sprung, The Grass Has Riz.....

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       I want to get one thing straight. I am a born and bred city person. My family has lived in San Francisco since the Gold Rush. I grew up there playing kick-the-can among parked cars and riding my bike[...]

When You Can't Always Get What You Want... Get Zucchini

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   When I lived in Los Angeles, anything for my Indian kitchen was practically steps away. Bitter melon? Got it. Bottle gourd? Check. Fresh turmeric root and ridged gourd? Fuggedaboutit! There was no recipe that I couldn't tackle, no[...]

Mushroom Confidential. Top Secret and Very Hush Hush..It's Not Chicken!

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    One of my favorite scenes in one of my favorite movies  LA Confidential involves the phrase ? hookers cut to look like movie stars. ?  A gem of a scene, it involves earnest Guy Pearce in  the mother[...]

The Easiest Cheesecake Ever! No Kidding.

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    I want to get one thing clear at the start. I'm not a big baker of cheesecakes. I baked my very first cheesecake back in November as part of Marx Foods Iron Foodie Competition . That was a Chenna Cheesecake. I made the[...]

A Rare Trip Outside My Kitchen...The Fremont Diner

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   Why did I not know about this place? How could I have been going back and forth from Sonoma to LA and back for so long and have this elude me?? Why did I have to hear about it from E-gullet and Chowhound and my blogging friend[...]

Dip Those Momo And Anything Else! Quick Tomato Chutney.

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    I love chutneys and dipping sauces of all sorts. There's a certain zen state I get into when I'm canning things, and since nearly all my stores of chutney have been demolished because of all the holiday feasting, I need to[...]

Where I've Been...Recovering From Too Much Fun!

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   I've been eating out every day since last Monday, indulging in all manner of tasty bites. I've been up past 2:00 A.M. most days/nights? I have been in short, enjoying myself. Now I am paying the penance in laundry, dish washing,[...]