You see, Forks Over knives listed this recipe on their website. I am not a certified chef. I am not a nutritionist. I just like to make good stuff. So it means the world to me that this recipe is listed on Forks Over Knives, one of my favorite food documentaries. I think the most important part of making the veggie meat is the flavoring, and also the reasoning why you want to know how to cook veggie meat. These past 5 years I was so busy trying to make a recipe of how, instead of why. … [Read more...]
Nigaoe(Caricature) Cookies
"Nigaoe(似顔絵)"(ni-gah-oh-eh) is a caricature. It's a portrait realistically drawn by capturing or deforming the appearance and characteristics of a person. Ever since I was a kid, I've always loved drawing nigaoe. I find people's faces fascinating. It's the wrinkles, the freckles, and the idiosyncrasies on their faces that I find them so beautiful. And the more unique their faces are, the more I find joy in drawing them. Perhaps it's not the people's faces I love; -it's the stories behind their … [Read more...]
No Sugar Banana Bread
So far, my banana bread is my number-one requested food in real life. My people really like this, so I keep baking and baking the same thing; because I love validations. I think we all need them sometimes. My banana bread is probably tasty beacsue; One, no added sugar — If you use 4 ripe bananas, you really don’t need to add sugar. It’s already very sweet. And two, lots of flavors — Adding some extra cinnamon and brandy do the trick And three, less butter — Just for health … [Read more...]
Healthy Homemade Nutella
Believe it or not, I've never had Nutella in my life until recently. I was raised by traditional Japanese parents who's breakfast was never-changing "rice and miso soup" for all their lives. My family is old-fashioned, meaning we don't really touch foreign food. So when I had Nutella for the first time last year, it was a huge deal for me. I felt like I finally opened the pandora's box. I remember I couldn't believe what I was eating. Nutella was SO GOOD. I couldn't stop dipping my fingers … [Read more...]