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Happy Hour: Autumn Cocktail: The Rusty Nail Redux
October 26, 2011
PREFACE Happy Hour: Rusty Nail (By Paystyle; February 2010) +++ Many years ago, when I...
October 25, 2011
http://youtu.be/DW8TaQeeGB8 Last Wednesday, I went with the OPENharvest group to a rice farm in Uonuma,...
Rice Harvesting in Niigata
October 24, 2011
At 5am on a Thursday morning, groggy and jetlagged, 20 of us OPENharvest participants, with...
Culinography: Grapes in Season
October 24, 2011
These deliciously sweet little seedless gems came with our CSA the other week. Photo by...
Dobinmushi, The Essence of Autumn
October 21, 2011
Danran, a sushi spot in the Sakura-jyosui neighborhood of Tokyo, is no stranger to Umamimart....
Food Rx: The Mayan Corn God vs. Nopalito (SF)
October 20, 2011
"After September 6th, everything will make sense," a friend told me. She's referring to New...
Skankynavia: Icelandic Nammi
October 19, 2011
As I've written in a post some years ago, Iceland is a nation of candy...
OpenHarvest Japan: First Soba Supper
October 18, 2011
By the time you read this, Yoko and I will be in Niigata, Japan, a...
ReCPY: Broken Leg Cake for a Gay Footballer
October 17, 2011
Before I start this week's post, let's congratulate Kayoko and the crew for revamping the...
Culinography: Tai (Red Porgy)
October 17, 2011
Photo by Erin Gleeson.
Confessions of a Pizzahead: Mother Dough (LA)
October 14, 2011
Remember when I said I started making my own pizza because I hadn’t found any...
The Ume Project: Umeboshi Finale
October 13, 2011
PREFACE The Ume Project: Foraging The Ume Project: Pickling for Umeboshi The Ume Project: Umeshu...