Features (articles)

Why do we have a problem with eating things with faces?

A video showing one Japanese mom's tiny yet super-efficient kitchen.

How would you describe your kitchen, and what's stocked there?

Some weeks to go until spring, but in the meantime the scenery is beautiful.

My stepfather: accountant by day, Santa by nights and weekends.

How my late father related to a particular scene in the movie Tampopo.

This month's Japan Times article is about sweet potatoes*, which are called satsumaimo in Japanese.

From the age of 3 on, or so my mother says, I would always hang around the kitchen asking questions, tilting containers to my level, getting underfoot and in everyone's way. After about age 5, I was reluctantly given some small, low-risk things to do, like making panko from day-old bread, or filling the salt and pepper shakers.

In Japan, coffee is just as ingrained in everyday life as tea.

For this week's Monday Photos, I'd like to get just a bit technical and look at the suitability of the iPhone 4S as a serious camera for food bloggers.