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04 Dec 09
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Kalua Pig Tacos “Rational habits permit of discarding nothing left over, and the use to which leftovers (and their economic allies, the wild things of nature) are put is often at the heart of a cooking's character.” – Richard Olney (1835-1917)
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03 Dec 09
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Kurigohan–Japanese Chestnut Rice Japanese home cooking is all about cooking with what's in season. Chestnuts are widely used in Japan when in season in a variety of ways. They even show up in a Japanese folk tale. When I bought my pork butt roast to make kalua pig,... |
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01 Dec 09
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Washoku Warriors: Sushi This month the Washoku Warriors tackled sushi. The assignment was to make:
1. Sushi Rice, p.145
2. *Choose one (or more!) of the following to use the sushi rice:*
- Five-Colored Foods with Sushi Rice, p.147
- Rolled Sushi, Two Ways, p.149
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01 Dec 09
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Happy Thanksgiving! As Thanksgiving draws to a close, I can't help but feel so grateful for so many things. The Fuji family is currently in Utah. We attended the funeral of my grandma this past weekend and then stuck around to be with family for... |
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01 Dec 09
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Warm Beet Salad Lately I've been enticed by the beautiful beets at our farmer's market.
I got an especially beautiful bunch of beets during my last trip to buy produce at the market. The beets sat in my kitchen for several days calling to... |
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01 Dec 09
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Celebrating Moving Day! I know that posting has been light around here, but for good reason! For the past month I've been working on a "top secret" project—building a new home for LFM. Moving day is finally here! Today marks the... |
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01 Dec 09
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Slow Cooker Kalua Pig One of the best things I ate during the Foodbuzz Festival last month was a Porchetta Sandwich from Roli Roti at the Taste of SF Street Food Fare the first night of the festival.
The sandwich was absolutely incredible. The pork was... |
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01 Dec 09
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Moving Day Giveaway Winners! Thank you everyone for all of your nice comments! I'm loving being in my new home. The Random Number Generator picked out the two winners for the Moving Day Giveaway. The winner of The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook is Aaron Schalk.
Aaron... |
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18 Nov 09
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Grandma: Raiding the larder of my memory. Although I wasn't planning on posting anything new until the technical issues for my "top secret" project were resolved, circumstances arose that have changed my mind. My maternal grandmother passed away early this morning. Although the death... |
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16 Nov 09
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Still Alive, Still Cookin'... I promise that I haven't packed up my pots and pans and moved to the Amazon jungle! My "top secret" project has finally taken a big leap forward, but now because of technical issues, I can't post anything new (except for little bits of nothing like... |
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12 Nov 09
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Foodbuzz Blogger Restival Recap I apologize for the long pause here on LFM! I've actually been working on a "super top secret" project that I was hoping to reveal this week, but have been having technical difficulties, so it's looking like I won't get to show you guys until next... |
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05 Nov 09
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All kinds of foodie fun. It has been a fun, but busy week! Tuesday night I met my mom and one of my best friends (poor girl has had to put up with me since we were 5) in L.A. at Sur La Table for a cooking class taught by Jaden (of Steamy Kitchen).
It was a blast to... |
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03 Nov 09
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Chef Hiro Sone's Niku-Jaga Memory is a powerful tool, especially when it comes to food. I recently got a cookbook called Cooking from the Heart, a book put together by the organization Share Our Strength. The book features recipes from one hundred of the country's... |
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30 Oct 09
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Starfrit Apple Pro-Peeler Giveaway Winner! Last night random.org selected the following Barbara, of Barbara Bakes, as the winner of the Starfrit Apple Pro-Peeler!
Barbara said:
"We love a cherry apple crisp. Although I have a fabulous cranberry apple pie recipe and we did have caramel apple... |
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29 Oct 09
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Tips for getting small kiddos involved in the kitchen. Today I'm over on the Curious Chef website sharing my tips for getting small kiddos involved in the kitchen, and sharing a recipe for my favorite pizza dough!
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Reminders:
* Voting for the Foodbuzz Blog Awards closes at... |
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28 Oct 09
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Val's Kale & Chanterelle Pasta My wonderful exchange with Jim Davey about Cornish pasties got me thinking about some other wonderful people I know. I gain so much inspiration from so many people in my life and since the food community is all about sharing in the collective... |
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27 Oct 09
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Daring to Attack Macs (again)! In my last mac post I wrote, "I've learned that this is not the last time that macarons and I shall meet. I am determined to get this right." Well, true to my word, I'm back with more macs! The Daring Bakers provided the impetus for my... |
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26 Oct 09
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Apple Peeler + Fried Apples + A Giveaway!! I love apple season because apple season means apple cider, fresh apple sauce, apple curry, and apple desserts. An apple peeling gadget can be a wonderful thing to have in your kitchen during apple season. It makes apple sauce and apple pie... |
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23 Oct 09
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Chipotle Pork Quichelettes A few weeks ago I received an email from Challenge Dairy, a dairy company here in the West, asking if I would be interested in participating in a holiday recipe showdown. The deal was that Challenge Dairy would send me some free goodies and I would... |
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22 Oct 09
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SUPER TOP SECRET GYOZA RECIPE Today I'm over on Steamy Kitchen sharing my SUPER TOP SECRET recipe for gyoza.
Click on over to get my recipe!© Copyright 2007-2009 La Fuji Mama, all rights reserved |
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21 Oct 09
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Jim's Cornish Pasties One of the joys of food blogging is the contact that I sometimes get to have with some of you! I recently had a wonderful email exchange with a reader named Jim. Jim is from Cornwall, England, the birthplace of Cornish pasties--a meat pie... |
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20 Oct 09
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Park Avenue Potluck Virtual Dinner Party--Warm Mushroom Rolls Today you are invited to feast with your eyes at a virtual potluck dinner party hosted by Kelsey of The Naptime Chef. Kelsey has gathered a group of food bloggers and writers together to give you a sneak peak into the beautiful pages of a beautiful... |
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19 Oct 09
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Nutella Pocket Cookies One of the fun things that comes from being a mom and a food blogger is having the two roles cross. As Squirrel gets older (she'll be 3 in December, can you believe it?), her involvement in the kitchen increases. I'm surprised at how many... |
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16 Oct 09
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Washoku Warriors: Vinegar Vignettes This month the Washoku Warriors tackled vinegar and its various roles in the washoku kitchen. Our challenge was to make:
(1) Tori téba saki no su itamé (Tangy Seared Chicken Wings) (p.256)--Vinegar acts as a tenderizing agent in this dish
(2) A... |
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15 Oct 09
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Black Bean Kabocha Soup "Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." --George Eliot
Autumn is my favorite time of year. I love the crispness of the air, the scent of fires lit in... |
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12 Oct 09
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Mock-i-zushi I belong to the Tastemaker Program, through Foodbuzz, where samples of products are sent by various companies to members of the Tastemaker's team to try at home in their kitchens. I recently received two loaves of Nature's Pride bread--a 12 Grain... |
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09 Oct 09
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The Last Bite of Summer Sometimes the lessons you try to teach your children come back to bite you. This summer I tried to teach Squirrel about the different things growing in our garden. We smelled the herbs and talked about the colors of the different plants. ... |
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07 Oct 09
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La Fuji Mama Nominated for a 2009 Foodbuzz Blog Award! Yesterday I found out that La Fuji Mama was nominated for one of the 2009 Foodbuzz Blog Awards under the category of Best Family Blog! The winners will be announced on November 7th, 2009 at the Foodbuzz Blogger Festival in San Francisco (which I happen to... |
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07 Oct 09
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Spaetzle und Linsen--Homemade Spaetzle Noodles with Lentil Sauce "We all grow up with the weight of history on us. Our ancestors dwell in the attics of our brains as they do in the spiraling chains of knowledge hidden in ever cell of our bodies." -- Shirley Abbott
I'm very proud of my German heritage and the... |
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05 Oct 09
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Cardamom Honey Grapefruit Galettes Halves of juicy ruby red grapefruit, drizzled with honey and vanilla, sprinkled with ground cardamom, and then broiled until the juices of the grapefruit are bubbling and the edges of the rind start to blacken in places. Sound different?
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01 Oct 09
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Pham Fatale Bread Contest! My Simple One Hour Homemade Bread recipe was entered in a bread contest on Pham Fatale.
I would love it if you would go and vote! There is even possibly something in it for you too. One of the voters will be randomly selected to win a Hot... |
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30 Sep 09
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A Comforting Cup of Anise Herbal Tea I have mentioned my love for anise before.
I think it stems from my German roots. My grandmother, a German immigrant, used to bring back plates of goodies from each of her trips home to Germany. I always hoped that my favorites would be among... |
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29 Sep 09
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Washoku Warriors Photo Poll Winners! The votes are in and we have a tie for first place in our Washoku Warriors Photo Poll! Discojing and Sarah are the winners.
Discojing
Sarah
Congrats ladies! Please email me your snail mail addresses so that I can get your prizes to you!... |
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29 Sep 09
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Vanilla Lemon Custard Vols-au-Vent One of my favorite movies is the movie Babette's Feast, a Danish film that tells the story of two sisters, Philippa and Martina, who take in Babette Hersant, a refugee from France, into their home as their cook.
The father of the sisters was the... |
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25 Sep 09
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Home! Having learned the ways of the kitchen ninja, I stealthily returned home from my trip to New York this morning at 1:30 am. Wow, what a whirlwind trip! Enjoyed the great views, great company, and fun event.
I can't wait to tell you more, but... |
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23 Sep 09
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Going into Ninja mode... Hey there Fujiphiles! I'm leaving for the airport in approximately 2 hours time to fly to NYC. I know you're gonnna miss me, but just think of all the poor citizens of New York having to put up with me for 24 hours, and that should make you feel... |
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21 Sep 09
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Kheer Frozen Yogurt Pops I recently received some coupons from Stoneyfield Farm to try their line of organic Greek yogurt called Oikos. I love Greek yogurt, and so decided to do a little taste testing so that I could get an accurate picture of where Oikos stood compared to... |
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20 Sep 09
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Washoku Warriors Photo Poll For the most recent Washoku Warriors Miso challenge, I decided to add an extra element of fun for our participants. I challenged the Warriors to "get creative" in their picture taking. Well, the challenge is over and we've got our photos, and... |
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18 Sep 09
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Washoku Warriors: Miso Mania! This month the Washoku Warriors explored the many faces of miso. We had three categories to work from for this challenge: sauces, main dish, and dessert. The Warriors had the option to cook just a couple, cook them all, or just pick the ones that... |
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16 Sep 09
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Naptime Cake, aka Quick and Easy Fruit and Almond Cake I recently put a call out on Twitter asking for some quick and easy dessert ideas. Within five minutes I had about 20 responses giving a wide variety of wonderful ideas. One of them was my uncle who suggested ice cream with fresh grilled Utah... |
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14 Sep 09
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Simple One Hour Homemade Bread "Good bread is the most fundamentally satisfying of all foods; and good bread with fresh butter, the greatest of feasts." -- James Beard
In my opinion, one of the greatest pleasures in life is eating a slice of freshly-made warm buttered bread. I... |
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13 Sep 09
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Hit by a MAC truck. Back in March I made a batch of macarons, a traditional French pastry made by sandwiching cream or ganache between two meringue-like almond cookies.
The cookies have a light crispy shell and are soft and chewy on the inside. At least that's the way... |
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11 Sep 09
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Japanese Pop Quiz Answers + Microplane Winners! First things first! The winners of the two Microplane Graters/Zesters were selected late last night by Random.org, and they are Liz and Rane! There were several commentors named Liz, so to clarify, this was the Liz that won:Rane said:Congrats! I'll... |
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10 Sep 09
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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake Forever ago, my friend Dana (author of Old Red Barn Co.) emailed me and asked if I'd ever had chocolate zucchini bread before. I totally don't remember the context of the question anymore (do you Dana?), but I responded that no, I hadn't, that I'd... |
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07 Sep 09
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Pop Quiz! When my brother and his friend came for my BLT Dinner, they brought a few Japanese goodies for us. He lives near Little Tokyo in LA and stopped by Nijiya (a Japanese grocery store) on his way to our house. They were such fun items that I... |
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04 Sep 09
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Hiya-yakko (Chilled Tofu) and Okara Crumble I'm in two places at once today! Go see my Friday Favorites post over at Steamy Kitchen. Jaden, the author of Steamy Kitchen and soon to be released cookbook, The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook, is crazy enough to have recently taken me on as an... |
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03 Sep 09
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Quick and Easy One Hour Tofu Okay, so you'd like to try out homemade tofu, but you're not ready to commit to starting from dried soybeans? Well I've got a compromise for you. How about starting with soy milk? Most of the work involved in making homemade tofu is making the soy milk.... |
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02 Sep 09
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How to make tofu--no fancy equipment required. In the U.S., tofu tends to be viewed as a health food. Living in Japan really changed my views on tofu, as it is a staple food item there. When you go into a supermarket in Japan, there's an entire tofu section (like the cheese section in our American... |
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01 Sep 09
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Tofu Week--A Tofu Primer "Traditionally in the U.S., tofu was eaten by vegetarians as a protein substitute for meat. It was generally served plain, in large chunks completely devoid of flavor." -- Brita HousezThe humble little soybean is one of the powerhouses of Asian... |
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31 Aug 09
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Foodbuzz 24, 24, 24: Taking on Michael Ruhlman Michael Ruhlman (a well-known and accomplished author) issued a challenge earlier this summer on his blog to "Make a BLT from scratch." He specified that "From scratch means: You grow your tomato, you grow your lettuce, you cure your own bacon or... |
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