Why we didn't have Chinese food for Christmas Why we didn't have Chinese food for Christmas

Christmas dinner for Jews is Chinese food -- old New York custom. Right? We thought we would finally join in this tradition, which we've...

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17.40

Latke Dinner Latke Dinner

Our latke dinner included latkes, leg of lamb, and lemon layer cake. I made the cake from scratch instead of from a mix this time. In the ph...

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18.35

Bread Bread

I just read Bread: A Global History by William Rubel and "Barms and Leavens -- Medieval to Modern," an article about bakers' ...

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10.23

Latkes Latkes

We used 10 pounds of potatoes, and two electric griddles, and made latkes for 10 people.

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20.30

The Belly of Paris The Belly of Paris

I just read Zola's The Belly of Paris in a new translation by Mark Kurlansky. It's the topic for the next meeting of the culinary h...

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06.03

Does this look good to eat? Does this look good to eat?

The plastic food in restaurant windows really didn't look all that good to me. But it was useful since I can't read Japanese. I did ...

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07.11

Food is not Magical Food is not Magical

Haruki Murakami's new book 1Q84 conforms to his normal genre: magical realism. It's also very long: 925 pages, described as a doors...

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08.09

Wagyu Beef ! Wagyu Beef !

For dinner we found a Wagyu beef restaurant not far from the guest house where we are staying. The extremely marbled and tender beef is slic...

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03.29

Sushi Chef Sushi Chef

We sat at the sushi bar in a tiny restaurant while this chef made us sushi -- he bought this amazing piece of tuna at the Tsukuji market thi...

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21.33

Street Food Street Food

In the temple grounds at Asakusa we passed a number of food stalls, with many varied types of food that people could eat as they walked. Lat...

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13.42

Lunch at Asakusa Lunch at Asakusa

After a water-taxi ride on the Sumida River we arrived at Asakusa, a huge shopping district surrounding a temple and pagoda. It was time for...

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00.18

Traditional Japanese Traditional Japanese

In Ueno Park we found a traditional Japanese restaurant named Insho-tei (or Innsyoutei). we ate there this afternoon, after viewing the spec...

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05.13

Japanese Food! Japanese Food!

For lunch today, I had a bowl of ramen noodles, as described on the sign above (click on it to enlarge). At the counter in the noodle shop I...

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05.22

Conference Banquet Conference Banquet

This is Japan, where the luxury food for a really high quality banquet is French. In fact, we have been her 2 days without having any Japane...

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15.19

Tea Bowls Tea Bowls

Several collections of tea ceremony items appear in the Tokyo National Museum which I visited this morning. Tea ceremony items are also depi...

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22.40

Finally, Pie Finally, Pie

First, add whipped cream: Everyone together

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