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My First Time Making Spam Musubi
I finally did it!! I made Spam musubi for the very first time, and I even filmed the process! I’d been curious about this dish for a while, and I thought, why not try it and take you along with me? It was so much fun. Watch the full video of me making Spam musubi Continue reading
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The Breakfast Pizza That Reminds Me of Mom
This morning, I found myself craving something very specific: old school cafeteria breakfast pizza. It’s simple really. A soft crust, a layer of sauce, sausage crumbles, and melted cheese. Nothing fancy and nothing complicated. But for me, it carries the weight of memory, of childhood mornings, of my mom. She worked in the school cafeteria Continue reading
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Crossing Thresholds: My First Taste of Japanese Curry
I am not Japanese. My blood is German and American, stitched together across continents, languages, and histories. And yet tonight, standing in my kitchen, I found myself making Japanese curry for the very first time, a dish I had never even tasted before. Cooking it felt almost like crossing a threshold, as though I were Continue reading
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