daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
Tonight we celebrated Setsubun by eating ehōmaki while facing this year’s lucky direction, North-Northwest. The sushi was delicious and filling. It’s one (Kansai) Japanese tradition that I truly love!
A big pot of Cioppino filled the house with an amazing aroma this afternoon. Mariko had a few friends over for dinner, and the cioppino was the main dish, with salads and focaccia accompanying it. In addition, she made a beautiful cheese board. So cool! I’m always so grateful to be able to enjoy food like this at home. ☺️
My wife used our Neewer 660 lighting kit for the first time last night during a pizza lesson. It worked out nicely! The shoot-through umbrella is a little obtrusive, but the diffused light and soft shadows that it creates is worth it.
Last year I brought home several bottles of old very liquor. My parents’ neighbor/friend passed away and he had a lot of bottles in his collection, which my parents saved. These are two of the unopened whisky bottles. I don’t know how long they stay good, but we opened the one on the right and it seems fine!
We did try a couple of other bottles which were a bit foul so we dumped them, but I’m happy that we can enjoy at least one of them. Cheers! 🥃
My cousin sent over his hot sauce recipe and my mom used her Scotch Bonnet harvest to make a few bottles of fire. Super tasty and a good amount of heat.
I was bummed that we couldn’t take a bottle home with us (we only had carry-ons for our plane trip) but I’m looking forward to using the recipe to make my own batch! 🌶
