Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom Rumi Last week, I received a message from my brother that my grandmother had passed away. He had told me during the previous weeks how … [Read more…]
A friend recently asked me how Japan had changed me. A move like this definitely have an effect on you and your family. Some of those are a side effect of the shock, others come from your contact with the different culture. I had to think for a while before writing this article because changes … [Read more…]
Since my neighbor shares a lot of recipes, I thought I would share with you the ones I have been making lately. Here’s the recipe for Soboro bowl (そぼろ丼 -Soboro Don) I received from my neighbor. Ingredients: For the chicken: 1lbs of ground chicken 4 Tbs Of gluten free soy sauce (or regular if you … [Read more…]
When my in-laws decided they would visit in April, my husband decided to organize a cultural exchange activity with his student. Since it was spring break, he planned to have a few hours long activity with his school’s English club. Here’s some tips to organize a similar event at your own school and what we … [Read more…]
Like every year, I struggled to decided what I wanted to eat for my birthday. My in-laws are great cooks and, every year, they ask me what they can cook for me. The thing is, this year, I don’t have them around, but I still need to figure out what would be an acceptable meal … [Read more…]
Food is one of the most commonly subject in my conversations with people here. It seems to be extremely impressive that we have rice in Canada, and much more that we actually eat it. It seems to be common belief that we mostly eat bread in America and Canada. What I find funny is that … [Read more…]
