Monthly Archives: May 2008
Generating Green Energy
Find out how solar powered bras and high heels that capture energy can save our planet…or at least make it more interesting to look at. Continue reading
Keepon
I am forever running into to things that amuse and bewilder me. Some stop me in my tracks. Some even leave me shaking my head in disbelief while at the same time thinking, “Man, I would really like one of those.” My latest find fits into this category…unfortunately, they aren’t for sale. At least I can watch this video over and over again and pretend that I have my own… Continue reading
Yuzu and Ponzu
Yuzu is a citrus fruit indigenous to Japan. It is 
about the size of a medium sized orange, but its skin has a slight yellowish hue. The fruit is pale cream in color. While the skin is wonderfully aromatic, the fruit itself is so bitter as to be nearly inedible. The skin can be found floating in ofuros at nicer ryokan or… Continue reading
Inari
One of my favorite afternoon snacks is inari. The little sushi shop on the corner usually has little sets of three that I grab when I need just a little something extra to get through the afternoon. Inari is made by taking thinly sliced tofu and deep frying them twice so that the tofu cooks and allows the air pockets in the tofu to puff out, so that you end… Continue reading