The poor man's kitchen

• ex-pat to plain ol' patriot: the american south as a foreign land. 8 years ago oh my, there has been a lot in transition. its hard to believe i’ve been away from pmk for a little over a year now.  i don’t want to bore you with the details, so i’ll just rattle them all off as fast as i can. moved back to america.  adopted a dog that looks like […]
• nikujaga: eat like an admiral. 10 years ago there is a special place in my heart for what i call “errant foods.” i find that when a food manages to make its way across national borders (and sometimes oceans) to establish itself in a new locale, is worth giving a try once or twice at the very least. i firmly believe that there should be...
• sesame-covered tebasaki: just winging it. 10 years ago as babies, most of us regularly ate and bathed in our food at the same time.  and even though we are all adults (some more than others), i think a small morsel of that glorious messy-eater mentality remains in each and every one of us, regardless of how cultured, well-preened, and properly...
• poor man prepped a plate of pan-fried piiman. 10 years ago when my japanese elementary schoolers list off the foods they detest, there are three which top the list without fail.  eggplant and mushrooms are neck and neck at number two, but so far, the undisputed winner is piiman.  the following is a brief list of reactions i have observed at the mere...
• japanese tuna salad rolls: a bound salad set free. 10 years ago if you were to wander into one of the estimated 46,000 convenience stores in japan, you would eventually come upon a section of the refrigerated shelving designated for rice balls.  some of them contain extravagent ingredients, like spiced cod roe, chopped green onions, and fresh wasabi. ...

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