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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Searching for Kombu Seaweed/Kelp

  By Mara | August 24, 2011 - 5:16 PM |March 24, 2013 Food
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I’ve been trying to buy kombu seaweed for making dashi and other delights for about a month, but with no luck.  Today, I tried my favourite Asian grocer – the famous Tai Kee at Haymarket – and was told that it has been removed from sale due to the Fukushima … Continue reading →

Tagged Fukushima, Japanese, kelp, kombu, radiation, seaweed, washoku

Surviving Costco (Auburn Edition)

  By Mara | August 24, 2011 - 5:06 PM |August 24, 2011 Food
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There’s been a lot of hype in the news about Costco opening a megastore at Auburn (that’s New South Wales, Australia for all you international types).  Yours truly decided to see what the fuss was about and trundled off to the store today for a good look around.  It took … Continue reading →

Tagged bargain, cheap food, Costco, discount, groceries, shopping

Agedashi Tofu

  By Mara | August 3, 2011 - 8:59 PM |August 3, 2011 Recipe
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I think I’m going through a stage. I can’t tell you quite what set it off – head trauma, alien abduction, or suchlike things.  All joking aside, it might be the 40th birthday looming in the not-as-distant-as-I’d-like future.   But…I’m starting to really, REALLY like tofu. If you’d asked me a … Continue reading →

Tagged Food, Japanese food, recipe, tofu
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