by Ko Akasaka | Dec 24, 2019
IT’S HOLIDAYS SEASON, IT’S WINTER, AND IT’S ABSOLUTELY SEASON FOR CHOCOLATE. Molten Chocolate Cake or Chocolate Lava Cake is very simple cake yet so delightful confection in this season. It has been known and described as warm fudge cake like, soufflé like, pudding...
by Ko Akasaka | Nov 6, 2019
Autumn is beautiful. The weather is wonderful, the air is clean, the sky blue, and the food is great. It is probably the best season to enjoy Pinot Noir wine. I enjoy all kinds of wine at any time of the year, but for me autumn always calls for Pinot Noir. People...
by Ko Akasaka | Oct 3, 2019
Figs are very interesting fruit that their fruits and leaves have been depicted in many arts (e.g., Adam and Eve paintings) and surrounded with mysterious stories from medicinal remedy to poisoning substance. Figs have been growing since ancient times around the...
by Ko Akasaka | Sep 16, 2019
It was a bit cooler last week, I felt fall is coming near, but hot and dry heat is coming back again in SF Bay Area. The summer is not quite over yet. It means still abundant colorful summer fruits and vegetables are heavenly, lusciously displayed in the farmers...
by Ko Akasaka | Sep 6, 2019
I haven’t gone to wild strawberry picking but I have been tasted and enjoyed their elegant (subtle) sweetness and mild flavor. However, a friend of great organic farmer Curt and his family have been growing petite strawberries like wild strawberries for many years....
