For the longest time, I thought this was a Japanese condiment. My Gichan (grandfather) would prepare it, my mom would make it, and now Tomiko and I make it. My cousins on the Japanese side of our family also make it, so I thought it was only natural that it was Japanese. I actually learned about […]
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Savouring New Brunswick Dulse
Being half Japanese, I don’t remember ever not eating seaweed. We would have it in soups, in sushi, as a snack. I even ‘invented’ a tasty treat of roast teriyaki-flavoured nori dipped in a cup of milk. It was just like milk and cookies…except it was milk and nori. While visiting friends in New Brunswick in September, […]
DIY: Decorative Drawer Organizer
In our neighbourhood, it is completely normal to put unwanted but perfectly usable items on the front lawn. Passing neighbours will then eagerly pick up these discarded treasures for their own houses. It is great for reusing, reducing, and saving money. My bar stools, martini glasses, nightstand, and colander were all scavenged this way. Obviously it needs to be an item […]
Gotamago by Lichia Liu
Gotamago is Lichia Liu’s stationery company located in Toronto. She paints beautiful foods or scenes and makes them into cards or invitations, often with silly puns. I especially love the Japanese ones! Tomiko and I first encountered Gotamago’s cards at the Annex Flea back in April. I bought a few cards, including a sumo birthday card […]
Tasty Treats at the T&T Night Market
In the summer of 2000, our parents took our family on a round-the-world trip. We set off after school let out in Saudi Arabia, stopped to visit our family in Germany, then visited our family in Canada, flew to San Francisco, then Tokyo, then Beijing. Asia is famous for its night markets, where you can visit […]