一早くは河津桜が咲き誇り、その後は染井吉野や大島桜、山桜に八重桜、紅手毬などと約700本の桜が順を追って楽しめる佐鳴湖湖畔の春は、多くの花見客で賑わいます！ 我が家は昨年の10月に佐鳴湖の徒歩数分圏内に越して来たことから...
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自宅でシャンパーニュと洋風たこ焼きで昼下がりのポンポンパーティ！
佐鳴湖の我が家で気軽にワイワイ楽しめる「たこ焼きシャンパーニュパーティ」を開催致しました！ 平日の昼下がりに集ってくださった素敵マダムの皆さんとマグナムボトルにて乾杯！ たこ焼き器の中にオリーブオイルを浸して、海老や青柳...
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バレンタインデーは手作りフォンダンショコラと共に至福のコーヒーブレイク
寒さ厳しい2月には、女子力高まる一大イベントの「バレンタインデー（St. Valentine’s Day）」がやって参ります！ 年に一度のショコラの祭典として「遠鉄百貨店」にて、1/24（木）～2/14（木）...
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本格的なインドネシアの家庭料理を囲み異国情緒溢れるホームパーティ
日本の家庭でできるインドネシア料理を堪能できるホームパーティに御招き頂きました！ 他民族文化となるインドネシアは、古くから香辛料を多用する料理王国であり、バリ料理、ジャワ料理、スンダ料理、マカッサル料理、マナド料理、パダ...
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Let's warm up with charcoal and hot pot! A New Year's party with fine wine, a charcoal grill, and shabu-shabu!
With winter truly upon us and the weather bitterly cold these days, our New Year's party at home will feature a charcoal grill on a tabletop to keep warm, and a hot pot to warm you to the core, along with some exquisite wine for our charcoal grill and shabu-shabu party! On this particular day, we visited "WINE B...", a wine shop in Hamamatsu.
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A taste test of Japanese Black Wagyu beef! Our annual New Year's party featuring our family's "Rosanjin-style sukiyaki."
毎年恒例となる我が家の新年会は「すき焼き」と決まっており、本年も気の合う友人たちを御誘いし「魯山人風すき焼き」で「黒毛和牛の食べ比べ」を楽しみます！ 篆刻家、画家、陶芸家、書道家、漆芸家、料理家など様々な顔を持つ「北大路...
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We welcomed New Year's Day with homemade osechi ryori (traditional New Year's dishes) and ozoni (New Year's soup), and toasted with limited-edition sake from Aramasa Brewery!
At our family dinner table to celebrate the New Year, we enjoyed the Osechi ryori (traditional New Year's dishes) lovingly prepared by Keiko, the mother of our friends, sisters Ayako and Nanako Matsui, along with our own Ozoni (New Year's soup), and toasted with fine sake! The Osechi ryori consisted of Japanese kaiseki cuisine...
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We hosted a home party for the couple who own the French restaurant "La Gap"!
This was my second home party since moving to the shores of Lake Sanaru, and it was hosted by Takayuki Matsushita and Yukako Matsushita, the owners of my favorite French restaurant, "Restaurant Lagap," in Fujieda City...
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A comparison of baguettes ordered from famous bakeries in the surrounding area.
フランスパンの中にはフランス語で「杖」を意味する「Baguette（バゲット）」があります！ 其の名の如く、形状は杖のような細めの棒状となり、外はカリッと、中は柔らかくもっちり、小麦粉の良い香りが漂い、軽くトーストするこ...
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Enjoy a superb sukiyaki party featuring different cuts of Shizuoka-grown chicken paired with Shizuoka's finest sake!
We regularly host home parties, and this time it's a sukiyaki party, as requested! For the beef, we got it from the nearby Watanabe Meat Shop – Shizuoka-raised beef – including short ribs, two types of thigh, and ribeye, so we could enjoy the different flavors of each cut...
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Happy Valentine's Day! Thanks to the guardian angels of lovers!
Valentine's Day is a busy time for Japanese women in many ways: "Honmei Choco" for the person they have a crush on, "Giri Choco" to express gratitude, "Tomo Choco" to female friends to say "Let's continue to be friends!", and "Gohobi Choco" for themselves! (*´Д｀...
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A winter drive around Lake Hamana followed by a home-cooked meal featuring game meat, perfect for this time of year.
On a sunny Saturday weekend, I took my beloved Maserati Quattroporte for a drive to Kanzanji Onsen in Lake Hamana, where the "Enshu no Karakaze" (a strong, dry wind of Enshu) blows fiercely! Along the shores of Lake Hamana, you'll find attractions like the Kanzanji Ropeway and the giant Ferris wheel...
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