ホームパーティ用にあらかじめ用意しておき、直ぐにお出しできるワインの当てにピッタリのおもてなし料理の紹介第3弾は、「自家製ピクルス」です。酸味ある味わいでさっぱりとし、料理の合間の箸休めや口直しにもなり、野菜を取れるので...
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ホームパーティに大活躍！おもてなし料理その2「美味鶏のレバーペースト」のレシピ
ホームパーティ用にあらかじめ用意しておき、直ぐにお出しできるワインの当てにピッタリのおもてなし料理の紹介第2弾は、「美味鶏のレバーペースト」です。レバーが少し苦手だけど・・・という方にも健康のためにも是非とも食べていただ...
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ホームパーティに大活躍！おもてなし料理その1「若鶏のテリーヌ」のレシピ
ホームパーティ用にあらかじめ用意しておき、直ぐにお出しできるワインの当てにピッタリのおもてなし料理を紹介します。今回はとっても簡単な「若鶏のテリーヌ」。鶏ゆえにさっぱりとしており、シャンパンや白ワインなどにとても合います...
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鹿児島の竹の町「さつま町の早掘りタケノコ」は香り高く歯応え抜群！
鹿児島は日本一のタケノコの産地。竹林面積も日本一で、大名竹、古参竹、唐竹、孟宗竹、それに緑竹、真竹、四角竹など種類も豊富です。 その豊富な種類から、鹿児島は1年中さまざまなタケノコを味わうことができます。早掘りタケノコは...
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Let's eat nanakusa-gayu (seven-herb rice porridge) with the hope that we will live a healthy and peaceful year.
January 7th marks the end of the New Year's holidays, and many people are likely returning to work. After a leisurely holiday, they're probably back to their hectic daily routines. With the overindulgence and drinking that was unavoidable during the New Year's period, many people are likely feeling tired in their stomachs and bodies. So...
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Even with ingredients you already have in your refrigerator, you can have fun with a little creativity.
As soon as Christmas is over, the atmosphere of the year-end hits me all at once, and I'm already heading straight for the New Year (lol). Since I always go back to Makinohara on New Year's Eve to help out at my family's restaurant, "Shokujidokoro Mine," with their New Year's Eve soba noodles, I try to use up as much of the ingredients in my refrigerator as possible...
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Our family's Christmas party at home 2013
As in previous years, our Christmas party in 2013 will be a home-cooked dinner where my husband and I enjoy cooking together. We eat Italian food almost every night, but Christmas always brings a special feeling of excitement, and we start thinking about what kind of menu to choose...
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An exquisite homemade crema catalana-style pudding cake made with eggs from the premium Hoshino Black chicken breed.
The other day, my husband's friend, Yasuhisa Awakura, who runs the Awakura Vinyl factory in Iwata, gave us some freshly laid eggs from his family's brand-name chickens, Hoshino Black. He said, "Because they have a higher yolk ratio than regular eggs, they make an amazing pudding...".
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I invited my best friend over for an early Christmas party at my house.
My best friend, Tomomi Oi (aka Tomochin), who runs the nail salon "Lien" in Yaizu, was coming to visit Hamamatsu, so we decided to have an early Christmas party at my house. I had the day off, which is rare for me, so I spent the morning welcoming her...
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I invited a married couple of friends to my home for a home party with a full-course Italian dinner.
しとしとと久々の雨に降られ、珍しく我が家の暖房を全開でスイッチONにして出迎えたのは、わたしの元同僚の彩音ちゃんことネイリストで「at.nail アットネイル」オーナーの新村（旧姓：海津）彩音ちゃんご夫妻と4月に生まれた...
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We pair red wine with pasta that fuses Japanese and Western styles.
シリーズ化しお馴染みとなった「WINE BOUTIQUE PANIER 浜北店」さんで購入したデイリー用のリーズナブルなワインたちを少しずつ我が家のおうちごはんに合わせて紹介していくコーナー第4弾。嬉しいことにこの記事を...
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Enjoy a winter staple with homemade yuzu miso made with fragrant yuzu.
Along with the kiwifruit, my friend Ayako gave me some yuzu. It's a fragrant winter fruit that can be used in cooking, beverages, and even as a bath additive. This time, I'm going to try making "homemade yuzu miso" using this yuzu! What you'll need is yuzu...
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