I have not posted here in a long, long while, but I am still here! Health-wise I am not 100%, but am doing okay. And I have some very exciting news to share with you very soon - stay tuned!

A new Japanese Kitchen article in The Japan Times, about the influence of social media on Japanese food in the 2010s.

I have been translating a lot of Japanese books lately, such as the Asian Salads and Asian Noodles ones I mentioned previously. This is the latest one to come out, called The Real Japanese Izakaya Cookbook, by Wataru Yokota (Tuttle Publishing). I didn't just translate it; I also wrote the introduction (which is why my name is on the cover), as well the detailed explanations of all the Japanese ingredients that readers may not be familiar with.

Two Japanese cookbooks about Asian cuisines that I was involved in.

About Chinese-Japanese cuisine or chuuka, a not-quite Chinese but very popular in Japan egg dish, and more.