HAPPY DONABE LIFE - Mrs. Donabe's Rustic Japanese Kitchen

Welcome to Home of Donabe Cooking! This blog is about healthy Japanese and donabe (Japanese clay pot) cooking. I love my donabe life and I want to share the joy of donabe cooking with many other people. I also write about random food, wine, and travel experiences. Los Angeles | Tokyo

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Salt-Crusted Roasted Fish...Western and Japanese Ways

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Salt-crusted and roasted New Zealand Sea Bream (6 pounds!) Salt-crusted fish is one of the favorite ways to cook fish for me. All you ...

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Eggplant "Age-bitashi" in Spicy Soy & Black Vinegar Sauce

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Eggplant & Okra "Age-bitashi" in Spicy Soy & Black Vinegar Sauce Here's my another variation of Eggplant & O...

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Eggplant "Age-bitashi" in donabe...I like it cold in the summer

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Eggplant and Okra "Age-bitashi" in Donabe During the summer, I eat eggplants almost every single day. It's no exaggerati...

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Tofu Dashi-Chazuke with Donabe Rice...Cold over Hot, or Hot over Cold

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Warm donabe rice with cold dashi broth and layers of toppings...so healthy! During hot summer, I like to eat something easy on a palat...

Friday, July 26, 2013

Donabe Curry Week...Ground Pork & Okra Curry

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Ground Pork & Okra Curry with Fluffy Saffron Rice and Egg We did back-to-back donabe curry 2 nights in a row. Previous night was v...

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Donabe Saffron Rice...So fluffy and aromatic

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Donabe Saffron Rice with Ground Pork & Okra Curry When I make curry dish, I often make this Saffron Rice with short grain rice. It...

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Naoko/ About Me

Naoko: Author of DONABE cookbook (Ten Speed Press, Oct 2015). I am from Tokyo, and currently live in Los Angeles. I cook with donabe (Japanese clay pot) every day when I'm home and promote happy donabe lifestyle to people around the world. In 2008, I established a company called, toiro kitchen, an online donabe shop and a US representative of Nagatani-en (iga-mono brand), a producer of authentic Iga-yaki donabe and pottery, founded in 1832 in Iga, Japan. Check out toiro kitchen website: toirokitchen.com) Happy donabe life!

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