Kyoto Postcards

I am a fan of Japanese sake from Shiga prefecture, which is just over the mountain from Kyoto. The ward...

This morning I stopped by Oreno Pan, a bakery owned by Kyoto chef Naoki Okumura of Restaurant Okumura, Gion Okumura...

This afternoon I went for a walk along the Kamo River and it was a particularly lovely late spring day....

Today, fellow foodie, Kyoto fan, culinary author, Jane Lawson and I got to spend several hours interviewing Yoshihiro Murata, the...

I had been waiting for this to come out for awhile and it finally arrived this morning by special delivery....

The last few weeks the tulips have been blooming in my little garden. This morning, after a night of heavy...

Cherry blossoms only last a few days. They are blown away by the spring winds and washed away by spring...

I stopped in at Soba Ryori Nicolas (pronounced 'nikola' in Japanese) for lunch this afternoon and was impressed! I had...

After a day of rain, and my dinner, I was biking home and when I crossed the Gojo Bridge, I...

One of my all time favorite dishes is sukiyaki, and if I may say so, mine in pretty awesome. I...