All posts by Samantha Mateo

  • Eggs – should you eat more or less?

    In the ‘70s when the American Heart Association came out with a report indicating that egg consumption should be limited to reduce cholesterol intake, health-conscious homemakers started serving eggs to their families less and less. As a...

    • Posted December 20, 2018
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  • ¥500-a-slice NY style pizza

    When my fast growing teen boys are hungry, they always crave for pizza.  If left to their own devices, they will live off pizza, pizza and more pizza. Pizza gets a bad reputation as junk food but...

    • Posted August 19, 2018
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  • Goodbye things, hello happiness

    35-year old Fumio Sasaki is a single guy with a regular job as editor at a publishing company. While 35 is the age when some men in Japan settle down and raise a family, the path Sasaki...

    • Posted April 13, 2017
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  • Golden eggplant gratin

    The cheesy flavour and tender bite of eggplant make this all-time family favourite, tempting, even to small kids. If you go for a richer flavour, this decadent dish will go well with bacon. 3 large or 5...

    • Posted February 7, 2014
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  • Day trippers to Mother Farm

    With warmer temperatures felt all over the country from the last week of February, there is no doubt that spring has arrived. My family’s first outdoor experience in Japan happened a month after arriving here last year....

    • Posted February 28, 2011
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