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Today, no measurements allowed…

Today, no measurements allowed…

I’ve never been much of the measuring-type of cook – probably explains my irrational fear of dough and baking. Call it laziness, lack of discipline, or maybe extremely accurate-eyeballing superpower, but I rarely invite measuring cups and spoons to the party. However, no one told […]

Facing our “I-love-to-eat-it-but-hate-to-cook-it” foods

Facing our “I-love-to-eat-it-but-hate-to-cook-it” foods

Thank you all for sharing your scary, intimidating, I-love-to-eat-it-but-hate-to-cook foods. It’s nice to know I’m not alone in this department. I avoided making dishes involving rolling out dough because I was simply raised to think, “it’s just too much work.” But what is “too much […]

Conquering my fear of baking…

Conquering my fear of baking…

Conquering my irrational fear of unfulfilled, unhappy, unfluffed (no, it’s not a real word, but just go with it because I can’t think of the real word for it) bread. 😬 I’ve recently been inspired to bake sweet bread. Sweetbread (more commonly known as Hawaiian […]

First Encounters with Japanese Tea…Farmer’s Style

First Encounters with Japanese Tea…Farmer’s Style

One bullet train from Tokyo Station, two locomotives, and one windy bus ride later, I find myself 40 kilometers southeast of Japan’s ancient city of Kyoto, in the remote town of Wazuka. What brings me to live in a town of fewer than 3,600 people […]

Pivot! Traveling in the times of Covid-19

Pivot! Traveling in the times of Covid-19

My first post since all of our worlds got turned upsidedown because of Covid19. To be honest, the timing for a world-wide lockdown was incredibly uncanny as I decided to shift the perspective of my blog from comfort food to food exploration and curiosity, inspired […]

Sarpetta Si O Scarpetta No

Sarpetta Si O Scarpetta No

I distinctly remember my first true words in Italian spoken (with a decent amount of self-confidence, and a whole lot of American accent) – little did I know the first three words I spoke would mean so much more than it’s strange, but literal translation… […]