The other day at one of the middle schools where I work, a certain poster caught my eye. It advocated “balance” in your daily diet and featured a graphic that reminded me an awful lot of the USDA’s food pyramid:
Archive for December, 2006
Rebuilding the Japanese Food Pyramid 日本のフードピラミッドを建て直す
Posted in Designs, Food, Politics on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 | 9 Comments »
Making Mochi 餅搗き
Posted in Food, Parties, Festivals, and Holidays on Monday, December 18, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Humans are curious, inquisitive animals. Even before we developed the linguistic capabilities required to form actual questions, we investigated our surroundings and ourselves with a creative, experimental spirit afforded to us by our large, complex brains and opposable thumbs. And perhaps no question has led to such meaningful answers, such fruitful results, and such educational [...]
Christmas Party Recipes クリスマスパーティのレシピ
Posted in Parties, Festivals, and Holidays, Recipes on Monday, December 18, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Here are a few recipes I came up with for the Kitakyushu JET Christmas party this weekend (thanks for having us, Mash!). People seemed to like them (unless they were just lying to be nice to me), so if you’re pressed for something to cook next weekend, these are pretty easy and fun to make. [...]
Osechi Cooking お節料理
Posted in Food, Parties, Festivals, and Holidays on Saturday, December 16, 2006 | 3 Comments »
For the past three years, I have celebrated New Year’s Eve by cooking and eating and drinking with an intimate group of close friends. Thanks to conversations that sparkle like the champagne we drink and fulfill like the warm, hearty food we eat, the night that I used to spend alone watching Conan’s “Central Time [...]
