Satoye Kita

Your recipe in the latest Bulletin brought back memories of going to the beach with my mother, She didn’t go just to enjoy the sunshine and the water but was always on the lookout for the perfect “daikon ishi” which I would have to carry home. During the war years she would pickle some strange stuff. Watermelon comes to mind. She would peel the rind, cut off any remaining flesh which left the rind about a quarter of an inch thick. She would slice these to about three inches long and layer them in a plate, salting each layer, cover with a saucer and top it with our “ishi”.

What wonderful summer weather we enjoyed this year and it seems like our Indian Summer is starting out very well. Just enjoy the crisp fall weather with all the autumn colors. My girlfriend Betty Nomiyama (Kitagawa), a grade five classmate…

Blueberries were so good this summer that I finally tried this blueberry buckle recipe that I clipped a long time ago. It’s a blueberry cake with a buttery cinnamon topping.

We lost one of the greatest entertainers of our time in Michael Jackson. I have used this recipe from Katherine Jackson, mother of "Jackson Five" and Michael, clipped from a magazine a long time ago. Thought you might be interested to try this recipe and think of Michael when savouring this rice dessert.

The rhododendrums and the azaleas are in their blazing glory besides all the other colourful flowers. My favourite season of the year. Father’s Day is coming and our family gets together for a barbecue. Been looking for a unique idea…

I thought perhaps this is a pretty Easter-like delicacy to serve around Easter. So colourful!

Finally, winter is almost behind us and we are looking forward to Spring, Snowdrops, daffodils, forsythia and pussy willows are all heralding the warmer weather in my garden. With recession in the wind, something has been brewing in my mind.…

HAPPY NEW YEAR! This year will be an exciting one in anticipation of the coming Winter Olympic next year 2010! The Richmond Olympic Oval had a grand Opening Ceremony on December 12, 2008 and it is enormous and huge, beautiful,…

Christmas is around the corner now and those of you into baking will be looking for recipes to add to your cookie plates. I have so many but these are my favourite, so here they are.

Fall is sure upon us with colder crisp air, lovely, colourful, autumn leaves, and days getting shorter.  Bundle up and enjoy the season. One of my golf friends invited me to the Beth Tikva synagogue for a laughing and yoga…

What a wonderful July—so many hours of sunshine! Writing this in early August so I’m hoping the summer weather continues over this month. I would like to share my favourite zucchini bread with you. One year my husband planted three…