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Japan – Gyoza inspired pockets
So we’ve been doing Japan this month, we’ve been looking at their dumplings and they are all either fried or steamed. We don’t want to do fried to avoid the fire hazard around Nico and we don’t have the steaming rack/basket thing-a-ma-bob. So we did the ground beef, parsley and basil as herbs, green peppers, carrots and onions, all cut really small, no it wasn’t long and tedious, I used a chopper Nico loved … Read entire article »
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Japan – Milk carton lanterns
I was looking through the Sleeping Bear Press “K is for Kabuki” book (you can win it this month) and noticed they had a page on lanterns and their use/meaning. I happened to look up from the book to see a used (cleaned) milk carton… and saw 2 lanterns (you probably wonder if I was having funny brownies, but nope). Since Nico is not even 3, I did a lot of the preparation work but … Read entire article »
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Japan – Teriyaki Chicken
Since India for some reason didn’t quite work out for us the way we had hoped it would, we figured we’d continue our journey to our next destination, Japan, early in order to have everything ready and done and whatnot – just to arrive a week late. We must have taken a wrong turn somewhere in Vietnam or China, because I don’t think that the Eiffel Tower is on the way, no? Anyways, the first thing … Read entire article »
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Japan – K is for Kabuki – Book review
“K is for Kabuki” – Gloria Whelan and Jenny Nolan (Author) and Oki S. Han (Illustrations) On our journey around the world as part of our “Around the World in 12 Dishes” challenge, the next station is Japan and our generous partners at Sleeping Bear Press (and no, this is still not a sponsored post!) had a beautiful book on the country, titled “K is for Kabuki”. Since it is part of the same series of … Read entire article »
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Around the World in 12 Dishes – Japan
Welcome to “Around The World in 12 Dishes”. We will be taking you on a journey around the world, (loosely) following in Phileas Fogg’s footsteps, exploring 12 different countries with our children, by cooking 12 dishes with them. One for each country visited. The world is such a wonderfully diverse and colorful place. Our children see maps, flags and books. They see postcards and maybe they see films about the world.. but let’s really bring it … Read entire article »
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Around the World in 12 Dishes – Japan (Postponed)
Welcome to “Around The World in 12 Dishes”. We will be taking you on a journey around the world, (loosely) following in Phileas Fogg’s footsteps, exploring 12 different countries with our children, by cooking 12 dishes with them. One for each country visited. The world is such a wonderfully diverse and colorful place. Our children see maps, flags and books. They see postcards and maybe they see films about the world.. but let’s really bring it … Read entire article »
Filed under: Around the World in 12 Dishes, Challenges, English, Home
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