Hamachi (Yellowtail) being sliced for sushi for the New Years Day celebration. (Click on the photo to enlarge it.)Once sliced, the Hamachi waits to be made into Sushi. (Click on the photo to enlarge it.) In the center Sushi platter, the white fish is Hamachi (Yellowtail), the orange-salmon color fish is Sake (Salmon) and the red fish is Maguro (Tuna). (Click on … Read More
The New Years Table 2012
(Click on the photo to enlarge it.) I thought I’d start the New Years food photos with the final result, the New Years table. Its filled with wonderfully beautiful and delicious traditional Japanese foods, mostly made by the family but there was also food brought by friends. It’s a wonderful celebration we have each year. It’s fun to be together … Read More
Kagami Mochi
(Click on the photo to enlarge it.) Kagami Mochi is a traditional Japanese New Year decoration. It is typically composed of two flat, round mochi (rice) cakes (a small one sitting on top of a slightly larger one) shaped like kagami (“an old-fashioned kind of round copper mirror”) and a daidai (a Japanese bitter orange) with an attached leaf on … Read More
The Whole Cinderella Pumpkin
(Click on the photo to enlarge.) I had requests to see the whole pumpkin after I posted my photograph of part of the pumpkin yesterday. So, here is the whole thing (sort of). Seeing the larger version does give one a better sense of why it’s called the Cinderella Pumpkin. My thanks to Earthbound Farm, first for having its Farm … Read More
After Midnight
(Click on the photo to enlarge.) The Earthbound Farm’s Farm Stand in Carmel Valley has an amazing collection of pumpkin varieties for sale every year. This is one of the beautifully colored Cinderella Pumpkins… It’s right out of the movie. (Click on the comment bubble to leave a comment.) The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, EF17-40mm f/4L lens, 1/750 … Read More