Melina and Suzuna running a homemade Miso workshop.

rice

rice, salt, and miso yeast

soy beans

smashing

mixing

making miso balls

putting them into the drum for a year to ferment into miso

Same French restaurant for Suzuna’s birthday again this year.
Last Year
Last Last Year

Suzuna requested a millefiori cake for her birthday, which I then did my best to try to make..

Suzuna’s New Years foods get better each year:

This year’s Thanksgiving was another success. There were lots of guests and great food. This year was even extra good as there is another American living in our house [Lisa] that is a very good chef who also made a bunch of dishes and desserts. My friend from work and his family also came this year to enjoy the party.

This years Halloween party was another success.
Everyone made an array of different Halloween themed foods. This year I made some ribs and sausage and arranged them to look like a person. It didn’t turn out as nicely as I would have liked it but they were very delicious.

This year for Suzuna’s birthday, we went to the same fancy French restaurant as last year.

While in LA, we made it a point to go eat all the good ethnic foods and do many of the things that are not available or just very expensive in Japan.
Here is the list:
Mexican!
Philippine
Vegan-Organic
Thai
Greek
Moroccan
Italian
German
Southern Cajun
California sushi
Jewish

Melina’s favorite pastime was playing with the cat food and chasing the cats around the house.

Painting ceramics was fun

This years Thanksgiving party was another success. I made two 30 pound turkeys, stuffing, smashed potatoes, and all the other sides. My housemates and friends also made a bunch of dishes for the party. Enough food was made where at the end, there was still plenty of leftovers for the following days.

Halloween party 2015. Everyone made some great Halloween themed foods again this year. Melina also had some fun making pumpkins, and being a little devil. I tried my hand at making a bloody brain cake this year, and for my first time at it I was pretty proud of the results.