Innie or Outie

It’s Chinese New Year’s Eve here. This marks the beginning of the Chinese lunar Year of the Dog.

Slashfood has a good quickie list of some of the symboliism of the food involved with the holiday.

This site provides some further information of the symbolism of the food of New Years.

And here’s a site that discusses the traditional celebration of the Chinese New Year.

Have a Happy New Year of the Dog!!!

Sushi, the craze has hit the palates of many a foodie.  Well, here are two sites that can help you keep those lingering memories of the tasty tidbits alive:

I first saw this site’s (dynamism.com) unusual USB take on sushi on Slashfood.

These projects showed up on BoingBoing,via Paper Forest. (Also check out the August and October 2005 archives for more paper food art projects.)

 

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I know that sandwich toasters and waffle irons aren’t uncommon.  But, if you look closely at this local appliance, which has interchangable plates, the third item it is used for is toasting rice balls (onigiri).

I admit I’m a novice at world cuisine. And I’m sure there are many “edible” things that I could never imagine (check out the creative guest sites category). But the one posted on the site below has to be the most unbelievable recipe I’ve run across yet.

Monday, November 14, 2005 Recipe . (You need to scroll down a little to reach the entry.) Thank you Sara for reminding us not to take our daily eats for granted!

Okay, I was able to get most of the posts and comments transferred from the other site. I will be adding new pages with further foodie info on the web. Thank you for your patience.

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These are two of my favorite wintertime snacks, senbei (flavored rice cracker) and mikan (tangerines). In the winter, it ’s very common to find these items sitting on top of a kotatsu (heater table) within everyone’s reach as locals kick back and watch TV.

A list of various online cooking videos.

Hi and welcome to my new foodie blog. I hope to have this up and running as soon as possible. Until then, you can check my latest food posts here.