June 27th, 2009

You don’t always have everything you need to make a recipe perfectly. Sometimes you don’t even have access to a recipe. So what do you do? Make some curry!
Staying in Japan like I am now, it is often hard to find the ingredients that you would hope to find for curry (like coconut milk, chickpeas, [...]
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June 26th, 2009

Yakisoba is one of my favorite things to eat. The thin noodles fry up quickly in some olive oil and then you can add whatever you want in the way of vegetables, mushrooms, etc.
It is also pretty cheap, at about $1.50 for 3 servings. Anyway, to prepare, just fry up some yakisoba in a little [...]
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June 23rd, 2009

It is called curry pan (curry bread), and while I can’t speak to its origins, it is good stuff. Although I’ve known of its existence for some time, I never asked what was in it. Today I finally stopped into the panya (a fresh bread store) and took a look.
Turns out they make curry pan [...]
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June 9th, 2009

The most difficult part of being vegan in Japan is that even the most innocent, vegan things you can think of are topping with, friend in, or souped (for lack of a better word) in something that is not vegan.
However, when you are cooking for yourself you have the option of putting your udon or [...]
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March 27th, 2009
Because I am a cyclist with my college’s team, every year I end up travelling all about the country on the weekends, staying in hotels, and trying to get enough food to live properly. Based on what I learned last year and the obstacles I anticipate in the coming year, I decided to write a [...]
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