Japanese grocery stores in France
General France notesMany of the large supermarkets, especially in and around the big cities, carry a small selection of Japanese ingredients like 'sushi rice', instant miso soup, rice vinegar and the...
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General notes on Germany: The biggest Japanese expat community is in the Düsseldorf area.Updated May 2009.Mailorder company based in GermanyJa-Mart is based in Germany and also states on their web site...
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Pressure cooker love
(This is the web elf. This article is one of the articles Maki instructed to post while she's on the disabled list.)If there's a kitchen appliance that needs a serious image makeover, it's the pressure...
View ArticleAmerican kitchens: Why cups, and not weight? Where's the kitchen scale?
(This post has nothing to do with Frugal Month. It does have something to do with my recent obsessing about kitchens though.)I like the cooking videos on the New York Times web site quite a lot. I...
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How to take care of your rice cooker (video)
A number of people have asked me how to take care of their rice cookers, most recently after I posted the rice cooking lesson for Japanese Cooking 101. I was all set out to write a long post about it,...
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