Roasted Rocoto Pepper and Tomato Salsa

My Dad has been growing these little peppers in our backyard for a while now. Rocoto peppers look like miniature bell peppers, but they’re actually quite hot. They originate in Peru and Bolivia. There are so many of them, we wanted to put some to use. They worked perfectly in this roasted salsa. Add another [...]

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New Beginnings

We’ve made it back to Santa Cruz and would like to introduce Jonas, the newest member of our family at only 3 months old. We adopted him from the SPCA a few days ago.

Soon we will be back with more recipes and food-related posts. In the meantime, we’re scurrying around trying to organize everything in [...]

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すきやねん大阪 (We love Osaka)

This will probably be our last Japan post, but don’t be sad. Oishii will definitely continue as we begin new culinary adventures in California. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. There’s a really cool crab to talk about! You know you’re in Osaka when you spot this crab. His legs move up and down, [...]

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Sayonara Parties Galore!

Despite our lack of posts lately, we definitely haven’t been going hungry over here! So many generous people have planned farewell lunches and dinners. Here’s a recap of what we’ve been eating and doing this past week.
My Tuesday evening class is a huge fan of my Mom’s oatmeal cookie recipe. I brought them the cookies [...]

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