Recipes for Tom

We started 2020 with a quiet New Year's Day meal. As with other years, we had ozoni soup with rice cakes, kuromame black soybean...

Once again this year, a smallish, basic lineup of osechi perfect for a breakfast for two. Finding good fish is always a challenge in...

Summer is finally here, and local corn has started to look appetizing. Weeks of chilly days up until mid August have already turned the gian...

Every year, while taking care of final prep for the big breakfast on January 1st, I harvest several camellia leaves in our garden. I plat...

Last week, Tom got off one of his three medications. His heart is pretty much functioning normally again (!) except for one condition that...

For the past one year, our first choice for breakfast has been oatmeal. Every day Tom has been cooking rolled oats with equal amounts of wat...

We were grateful to be at the table to enjoy the osechi New Year's meal this year, although the number of items was fewer than in previo...

A power breakfast. Tom needs coffee to wake up in the morning. I don't. My brain is up and running pretty much the moment I open my e...

Having rice porridge with azuki beans for breakfast is an old custom for koshogatsu , or “little New Year.”

The first meal of the year is big. Along with ozoni , the New Year’s special soup with rice cakes, we had our usual dishes but with slig...

We had lunch with Tom's sister and niece at Shanghai Garden in Seattle yesterday. My favorite dish at the restaurant is pea vine (shoot)...

It is the day before the buttery-sugary feast. Recent radio shows about how to prepare turkey and side dishes make me feel full already. One...

Tom has been a star in our kitchen lately. He bakes great bread. He is getting really good at pozole and dishes with beans, from soup to sal...

The weather has been sunny and warm lately, and my body seems to retain too much heat even early in the morning. Something cool, along with ...

Extra cheese, double cheese, loaded with cheese... According to what we see around us, Tom is "under-cheesed." Moreover, Tom is ...

As usual, I only made the dishes I like. There is no kazunoko herring roe or ikura salmon roe on our table, for example. And yet again, I ...

Before the New Year's Day osechi brunch with friends, we had a small breakfast for just the two of us.

Before we pick up our turkey and start preparing dishes for Thanksgiving dinner, we need to create more space in the fridge and freezer. Spa...

Mornings and evenings are getting chilly, but the days are still warm -- cucumbers, eggplant and tomatoes are still on their way from the gr...

Tomatoes and Japanese cucumbers are now a regular harvest from our greenhouse.