Kabocha no Nimono – Japanese Simmered Pumpkin

Kabocha no Nimono - Japanese Simmered Pumpkin

Homemade Japanese dishes are often variations on a few cooking styles – one of the simplest and tastiest is the simmered dish. Here, I made Japanese simmered pumpkin with dense, buttery kabocha squash, which is not only tasty, but the cooked peel is edible! You can use the basic broth to cook potato, sweet potato, daikon, […]

The Year in Books: December with I Love Macarons by Hisako Ogita

I Love Macarons by Hisako Ogita, The Year in Books December, Kiku Corner

In December,I am more closely looking at I Love Macarons by Hisako Ogita. I first read about macarons when I was devouring food blogs back in university, around 2006/2007. They seemed to be a mysterious, legendary delicacy that I had no hopes of finding in the small university town of Guelph. Fast forward to today, you […]