Articles by Naoko Kashiwagi

Bouillabaisse is a traditional French seafood stew and originating in the port city of Marseille.When I lived in Tokyo, I had a French cuisine teacher who used to work as a chef at starred hotels in France. Bouillabaisse was even well-known in Tokyo and I still clearly remembered how much […]

These cafe foods were seriously delicious and healthy, so we decided to share how to make them in our class in next month! All are homemade, which is simply healthy and delightful 🙂 Baking doughs first. Then grill with fillings, which were spinach, bacon and cream & cheese. Orthodox French […]

The Millefeuille sushi is dressed up with Ikura (marinated salmon roe) and France Normandy seaweed, and home-grown pea shoots that are organic 🙂 The diced tuna is marinated with onion yuzu dressing that was given to me from our kind customer. The dressing is so useful and versatile as we […]

I love western authentic hamburger (obviously so do my kids), but sometimes I’m desperately eager to eat Japanese version that is made of Japanese Umami elements.Mine is twisted with yam (Nagaimo in Japanese) and white miso paste. The pate is so fluffy and juicy since the grated yam enhance the […]

Kushi Age is famous food as Osaka street food.When I was young, I lived in Kobe where is near Osaka and I really enjoyed Kushi Age when I visited Osaka often with my family 🙂 My Kushi Age is seasoned with different flavours for each, like garlic flavour for pork, […]

It was a Greece night!We love Mediterranean countries and have traveled a lot, and particularly this dish is a always winner for everybody. In Greece, Moussaka is layered with meat sauce and aubergine, and as the top layer, people spread the bechamel sauce (white sauce). It is similar to Lasagna […]