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I have always been told I look young, and my Japanese diet gets credit for that.

I have always been told I look young, and my Japanese diet gets credit for that. When I was in junior high, I was mistaken […]

Invisible women in the ugly culinary world

I’ve always wondered why so-called world-famous chefs are mostly men.  Women are the ones who have been cooking everyday every day throughout our long human […]

Sham Japanese Food

Japanese food seems to have gained immense popularity in Canada.  Edmonton, where I currently live, has an amazing number of Japanese restaurants (around 100) in […]

Time for Cold Ramen Noodles

“Hisashi-chuuka” (Cold Ramen Noodles) is symbolic of Japanese summer.   Restaurants display a flag swaying in the fragrant early summer breeze.   The flag says, “冷やし中華始めました– Cold […]

I lost 10 kilos (22 pounds) in two months and kept it off.

After losing 10 kilos (22 pounds) in two months, I started deliberating on how I could maintain the mind-blowing changes in my body to keep […]