Advent, Day 2

Food.

Now, not your normal holiday fare - no, there are plenty of other places for that.

I'm talking Japanese. Normal, everyday, good ol' home cooking.

Yasuko-san's Home Cooking.

Don't know how I found this one, don't why I did - but I go back, time and time again to this food-oriented blog for ideas, recipes and oh - that's what you do with that....

Finding something that isn't a resource for "feast" foods when talking about Japanese cuisine gets pretty tough. Historically, average Japanese cuisine is a 'survival' cuisine devised out of things farmers hid from the ruling classes in the walls of their homes and the like. Finding something very ordinary, day-to-day and undeniably delicious? She's changed ISP and web providers at least once - I made sure I found her site again after she did.

Enjoy!

Advent, Day 2

Food.

Now, not your normal holiday fare - no, there are plenty of other places for that.

I'm talking Japanese. Normal, everyday, good ol' home cooking.

Yasuko-san's Home Cooking.

Don't know how I found this one, don't why I did - but I go back, time and time again to this food-oriented blog for ideas, recipes and oh - that's what you do with that....

Finding something that isn't a resource for "feast" foods when talking about Japanese cuisine gets pretty tough. Historically, average Japanese cuisine is a 'survival' cuisine devised out of things farmers hid from the ruling classes in the walls of their homes and the like. Finding something very ordinary, day-to-day and undeniably delicious? She's changed ISP and web providers at least once - I made sure I found her site again after she did.

Enjoy!

Advent, Day 2

Food.

Now, not your normal holiday fare - no, there are plenty of other places for that.

I'm talking Japanese. Normal, everyday, good ol' home cooking.

Yasuko-san's Home Cooking.

Don't know how I found this one, don't why I did - but I go back, time and time again to this food-oriented blog for ideas, recipes and oh - that's what you do with that....

Finding something that isn't a resource for "feast" foods when talking about Japanese cuisine gets pretty tough. Historically, average Japanese cuisine is a 'survival' cuisine devised out of things farmers hid from the ruling classes in the walls of their homes and the like. Finding something very ordinary, day-to-day and undeniably delicious? She's changed ISP and web providers at least once - I made sure I found her site again after she did.

Enjoy!

PSA

Okay, those of you I texted yesterday?

I lied.

Fireworks in Manhattan Beach are next Sunday. Want to do dinner earlier? I recommend it - the fire department hosts a fund raiser of a spaghetti dinner, and this year the recipients of the fund raiser is going to be the businesses gutted by fire a few weeks ago.

(I'm a CERT volunteer for Manhattan Beach. I also work for Skechers. Put those two things together, and the end result is a lot of very comfortable feelings towards both the fire and police departments in town. The fact my boss is a volunteer for the departments doesn't hurt either.)

Dinner begins about 4:00 or so - $5 per, $3 per for kids. The more, the merrier - and the best viewing. (Took apositivevoice out for fireworks a couple of years ago - ask her. This stuff rocks!)

ALSO.

If you need shoes, NOW NOW NOW is the time to ask me for them. No kidding. Company is allowing me a lot of holiday-related junkets - mostly what I need is size, gender and age if you're talking about kids. This period has very well-defined deadlines, so please act now. (elfwench, don't worry about Keeper. He's covered - but I wouldn't mind if if we tried, at least, for you. *winks*)

And now, I get my day underway. Watch me turn into a blur.

PSA

Okay, those of you I texted yesterday?

I lied.

Fireworks in Manhattan Beach are next Sunday. Want to do dinner earlier? I recommend it - the fire department hosts a fund raiser of a spaghetti dinner, and this year the recipients of the fund raiser is going to be the businesses gutted by fire a few weeks ago.

(I'm a CERT volunteer for Manhattan Beach. I also work for Skechers. Put those two things together, and the end result is a lot of very comfortable feelings towards both the fire and police departments in town. The fact my boss is a volunteer for the departments doesn't hurt either.)

Dinner begins about 4:00 or so - $5 per, $3 per for kids. The more, the merrier - and the best viewing. (Took apositivevoice out for fireworks a couple of years ago - ask her. This stuff rocks!)

ALSO.

If you need shoes, NOW NOW NOW is the time to ask me for them. No kidding. Company is allowing me a lot of holiday-related junkets - mostly what I need is size, gender and age if you're talking about kids. This period has very well-defined deadlines, so please act now. (elfwench, don't worry about Keeper. He's covered - but I wouldn't mind if if we tried, at least, for you. *winks*)

And now, I get my day underway. Watch me turn into a blur.

PSA

Okay, those of you I texted yesterday?

I lied.

Fireworks in Manhattan Beach are next Sunday. Want to do dinner earlier? I recommend it - the fire department hosts a fund raiser of a spaghetti dinner, and this year the recipients of the fund raiser is going to be the businesses gutted by fire a few weeks ago.

(I'm a CERT volunteer for Manhattan Beach. I also work for Skechers. Put those two things together, and the end result is a lot of very comfortable feelings towards both the fire and police departments in town. The fact my boss is a volunteer for the departments doesn't hurt either.)

Dinner begins about 4:00 or so - $5 per, $3 per for kids. The more, the merrier - and the best viewing. (Took apositivevoice out for fireworks a couple of years ago - ask her. This stuff rocks!)

ALSO.

If you need shoes, NOW NOW NOW is the time to ask me for them. No kidding. Company is allowing me a lot of holiday-related junkets - mostly what I need is size, gender and age if you're talking about kids. This period has very well-defined deadlines, so please act now. (elfwench, don't worry about Keeper. He's covered - but I wouldn't mind if if we tried, at least, for you. *winks*)

And now, I get my day underway. Watch me turn into a blur.