It all began with then UC Berkeley students Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez found that they could grow gourmet mushrooms off of coffee grounds. After studying videos on YouTube and reading many articles, the duo started doing tests in Alejandro’s frat kitchen. While Arora and Read More …
As I continue to incorporate indoor house plants, as it is nature’s best filter in the home. One of the plants I brought to the home is an English Ivy. In 1989, NASA conducted a Clean Air Study and created a list of the top Read More …
If you are heading to Edogawa, especially to visit the popular Tokyo Sea Life aquarium, you will be going through Kasai Rinkai Park. The second largest park in Tokyo (Mizumoto Park in Katsushika is the largest). But if you can, spend some time around this Read More …
The 1960 comedy/drama written and directed by Billy Wilder (“Sunset Blvd.”, “Sabrina”, “Some Like It Hot”, “Kiss Me Stupid”) and co-written with I.A.L. Diamond (“Some Like It Hot”, “Kiss Me, Stupid”, “The Fortune Cookie”) was an incredible success in the box office grossing $25 million Read More …
Sure, one can easily find a Vie de France bakery throughout Japan, but there is another bakery that has been around before Vie de France and it’s Boulangerie Asanoya, which was founded in 1933. Boulangerie Asanoya is a bakery owned by Asanoya Co., Ltd. which Read More …
As I have become familiar with Design Toscano products, with spring coming around, I have been interested in sculptures to put in our front garden and possibly another to be kept indoors. For those not familiar with Design Toscano, the company is a popular mail Read More …
Before 1981, entrepreneur Bob Stiller discovered a cup of coffee that he enjoyed so much at a ski resort that it prompted him and a partner to buy a two-thirds stake in the small specialty coffee roasting company in Waitsfield, Vermont. The company produced roasted Read More …
If there is one pan one should have in the kitchen, it’s the cast iron skillet. Durable, trustworthy but like your car, it will need some maintenance and care. For cast iron skillets, one thing you’ll notice is how heavy and durable they are. It’s Read More …
In Japan, seeing a big name cafe is quite common. FORESTY Cafe has the appearance of a big name cafe that you often see in Japan such as Doutor, Excelsior and even Starbucks. But FORESTY Cafe is part of the Odakyu Restaurant System and for Read More …
As I don’t eat bread as much, I’m always finding alternatives of eating breads, rice, flour, wheat, corn, etc. So, I was in the mood to eat stuffed tomatoes with tuna and feta cheese. Ingredients are as follows: 4 big tomatoes (heirloom beefsteak tomatoes Read More …
Throughout Japan, Kobe Motomachi Doria is seen as a restaurant with a fascinating concept. At the restaurant, their food is presented on an iron plate, but to keep the food warm, a flame is underneath to keep the iron dish sizzling hot. While visiting the Read More …
In 1962, a yachtsman named Kenichi Horie rose to prominence when he illegally sailed across the Pacific Ocean from Nishinomiya, Japan to San Francisco, California. It was a different time back in 1962 as postwar-Japan had strict rules on its citizens sailing but for three Read More …
As I have written about Green Mountain Coffee K-Cups in previous posts, I am now reviewing Green Mountain Coffee’s popular Kenya K-Cups. Voted by many as a top K-Cup for its flavor, Green Mountain Coffee Kenya (formerly Kenyan AA) is medium roast coffee that barista Read More …
In Japan, Toho Studios is a famous studio known for the films of Akira Kurosawa, the anime films of Studio Ghibli and many classic Japanese films directed by auteurs such as Yasujiro Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Miki Naruse, Masaki Kobayashi to name a few. But the Read More …
I’ve tried so many K-Cups and drunk so much coffee (more than the photo of coffee K-Cup wall shown above) in the past few months that I’m often asked, “What is your favorite coffee K-Cup?”! As of February 2017, I’m going to list my favorite Read More …
As I got my seedlings prepared and my plants are needing light as California has experienced overcast, cold weather, a lot of fog and rain, I knew that I need to get them light. Taking them out and getting acclimated to sunlight is one thing Read More …
The announcements of David Shepard’s passing came as a big surprise on Tuesday. For many of us who watch silent films, especially silent comedies and have seen the restoration and film preservation work of David Shepard, many of us know how much he put his Read More …