I love korroke, but they can be pretty time consuming to make. So I find that the best time to make korokke is when you already have potatoe...

My maternal grandfather passed away a year and a half ago. He was the one person in my family that had never criticized or questioned wher...

What's your favorite holiday song? I think I must belong to an elite super group of people who have listened to obscene amounts of hol...

Here's another special holiday family recipe from my mother that I had to make sure I learned how to make. This stuffing is possibly my ...

My mom is a mad scientist when it comes to cooking. She is constantly opening up her cupboards and fridge, giving them all a good look, pu...

I love Thanksgiving. It's my favorite holiday. I can't really pinpoint why it has always been my favorite holiday, even as a kid. It...

It's persimmon season! Every year, my great uncle's trees bless us with more fuyu persimmons than we know what to do with. I've ...

All I wanted for my birthday was to learn how to make Julia's amazing korokke. Julia is one of my mother's very best friends and som...

Growing up in Southern California, Autumn does not herald itself in the same way as most people associate with the season. Here, Fall isn...

Mr. Mochi loves a good burger. He loves everything from cheap fast food burgers to Umami burgers, and everything that lies in between. We ha...

Karashi Mentaiko (or usually just called mentaiko) is spicy marinated fermented fish roe (normally cod or pollock) that is a specialty of K...

Best. Cookie. Ever. No seriously, I'm not the biggest fan of sweets, but this bar cookie rocks. It's an old family recipe that was...

Some of these recipes on this blog are really for my own use. I needed to record them in some lasting way so that way I would be able to r...

I cannot wait for this weekend's OC Night Market, so I decided to celebrate by sharing my adventures from last month's 626 Night M...

I draw a lot of influence from my mother's cooking, and I don't think anyone is surprised by that. Who doesn't, for better or ...

I like creating simple recipes that take little time or effort to make. Sure, sometimes I mix things up with a more-involved recipe, but m...

It's been pretty hectic since I came back from Japan. I started teaching (registered veterinary technician classes) and it's amazing...

I'm sad winter is over and spring is soon to follow. I love winter because it means our citrus trees start producing, and from winter...

The older I get, the more picky I seem to get about my cookies. Even as a kid, I hated the Chips Ahoy chewy chocolate chip cookies, and most...

Another food truck that satisfies my love of hapa food: Dogzilla. I am always on a quest to try every crazy mash-up of Asian American cuisin...