|
|
Browse by Tags
All Tags » japan » asia (RSS)
-
Filed under: Wine , Asia , Trends , Thanksgiving , Fall Yesterday I posted about the annual release of Beaujolais Nouveau--and why I think you should try a Cru Beaujolais instead. Some commenters told me that they'll stick with the Nouveau version, and Read More...
|
-
Filed under: Lunch , Asia , Food Oddities , Rice For your lunchtime pleasure, I'm presenting a series of my favorite bento boxes. Bento are Japanese home-prepared meals served in special boxes, usually eaten for lunch at work or school. These days, bento Read More...
|
-
A recent Saturday afternoon found me cruising the aisles at a large downtown Chinese market that I’d somehow never been to in all my years of living in this town. Naturally, I made a beeline for the candy section. All the usual suspects were there – Kasugai Read More...
|
-
Filed under: Asia , On the Blogs Apparently that's how they do things in Japan, at least some people. One gift that you can give a new mother is a bag of rice with the new baby's image on it. Oh, and the bag of rice weighs the same amount that the new Read More...
|
-
Filed under: Business , Asia , Fruit , Food Oddities , Newspapers A black watermelon fetched $6,100 at a Japanese auction on Friday, making it one of the most expensive melons ever sold. The 17-pound black-skinned "Densuke" watermelon drew the unusually Read More...
|
-
Filed under: Beef , Asia , On the Blogs , Meat If my boyfriend hadn't been the one to send this to me, I swear I would have to buy this for him for his birthday. Yes, that would be the iPod Nano case designed to look like raw meat. And what marbled, fatty Read More...
|
-
Filed under: Teas , Business , Asia , Trends , On the Blogs There is a new product out in Japan that I would love to get a hold of. It's an instant, fresh matcha tea , two words that usually aren't paired together when talking about tea, especially the Read More...
|
-
Filed under: Coffee , Asia , Trends , New Products , America Forget your percolator: this is siphon coffee . The newfangled machine looks more like it belongs in a chemistry lab than your local cafe, but that seems to be half its appeal. It's a siphon Read More...
|
-
Filed under: Restaurants , Far East , Trends , Europe , Shellfish , France White tablecloths, outstanding service, and the flakiest croissants that'll ever melt in your mouth. You'd think Paris would be the best city in the world for food, wouldn't you? Read More...
|
|
|
|