I was at my friend John’s housewarming party in Brooklyn today.  He had the grill all fired up and the food was delicious.  There was one food item that caught my attention.  It was the purple yam, also known as the Okinawa Sweet Potato.  I was pretty sure it was of the Japanese variety because he [...]

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It’s about a hundred degrees in the New York and Jersey City area right now. Boon and I stepped out of the office for lunch at the cafe across the street and afterwards, we needed a way to battle the hot and humid weather. The prescription? The Mister Softee Ice Cream Truck [...]

Mochis are a popular confectionery treat in Japan. It’s a round glob of sweet glutenous rice paste that’s sticky and chewy. It can be eaten in a number of different ways, such as with with red bean paste and sesame paste. A variant of mochi, mochi ice cream can be found in [...]

I loved the SO Delicious brand of soy-based vanilla ice cream, but I recently discovered something better. I decided to give the Soy Dream brand a try after the SO Delicious brand was sold out. I ended up preferring the Soy Dream brand.
Feeling that I should give the SO Delicious a second chance, [...]

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The sweet potato, or the yam as some call it, is often overlooked until the Thanksgiving season. If you’re looking to snack smart, try making baked sweet potato wedges. This vegetable is packed with vitamins and is a great alternative to eating potatoes as it ranks on the lower spectrum of [...]

My Girl Scout cookies have finally arrived.   I usually don’t eat cookies, but since this is a fundraiser, I bought 3 boxes a few weeks ago.  Of the ten varieties to choose from, I bought the following:  Caramel deLites (aka Samoas), Shortbread (aka Trefoils), and new for 2008, Cinna-spins.  I’m not going to eat a [...]

Regular and Green Tea Ice Cream Rolls

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One of the most popular appetizer items at my dad’s restaurant back in the day were the Peking Duck Rolls. I still remember how I used to make these in the kitchen. It was very simple to make. All that was needed was a piece [...]

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There’s about six inches of snow outside right now.  I had no idea it was supposed to snow today.  I woke up at 6AM, looked out the window, and like a kid hoping for a snow day, ran to my laptop to check my work email.  Our senior manager sent out an e-mail telling [...]

Up in Vermont this past weekend, a handful of people were playing this game called ‘Chubby Bunny.’ Apparently, it’s a well-known game around campfires where a person says the phrase, “Chubby Bunny” with increasing amounts of marshmallows being stuffed in the mouth. The person who manages to say the phrase with the [...]