Minna de Itadakimasu!
My obsession with Japanese school lunch continues in the form of plastic miniatures.
When I taught English in Japan, I quickly became a fan of Japanese school lunch. Perhaps my area was just lucky (as opposed to Sendai’s schools), but each meal was made fresh and there was plenty to go around. While browsing J-Box for bento supplies, I found this set of miniatures from Re-ment and, like any good addict, snatched up the complete collection. Read more…
Can I Be Like Ina?
How I came to love food, cooking, and why this blog’s called Orgle! Orgle!
I think that, like a lot of kids in my generation, I grew up with contrasting images of food and cooking. At home, there were things like the dreaded Hamburger Helper, or its worse partner in crime, Lenten tuna casserole, all served up on a decades old stove in dim, religious light. On TV, there was Barefoot Contessa, a cooking show hosted by Ina Garten, that featured made from scratch foods served up in an appealing kitchen. You know, the one without cracked linoleum from the ’70s. Read more…