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Foodie’s Detox Holiday Luncheon Japanese Style

Post author By Kay T. Ananda
Post date January 2, 2014

Holiday luncheon hosted by a local Japanese cooking teacher was just so amazing. Amazing in that as stuffed as you are, you feel good NOT guilty about stuffing yourself with this quality food. Normally after stuffing yourself, how do you feel? Fat and sick? You may suffer from various not-so-good feelings normally when you over-eat. Not with this food with its detox benefits in mind. Her cooking really brings home the idea “Food as Medicine” . Fresh ingredients are locally sourced and organic; other less known ingredients with health benefits were imported from western/southern regions of Japan.

Here’s the link with few of the dishes served but will try to translate onto this site in the near future…

Among many dishes, one and only dessert she served appealed to me especially because there’s no place you can find this kind of healthier version of a traditional sweets anywhere in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley – typical oshiruko is a very sweet red bean soup that has a mochi, fluffy white sweet rice dumpling floating in the bowl.

Oshiruko, when done right has sweetness that’s subtle and not over-powering. It is a dessert dish you don’t have to feel badly about upon eating but rather, feel healthier, stronger and energized from it with no worries over counting calories. You eat this dish slowly as it’s served hot – thus, it feels you up s l o w l y… Guilt-free! Indeed, this dessert is so good for you. Like this dessert dish, each and every dish she served had significant health benefits. The most convincing proof ?

I feel GOOD … no, No, NO

I feel GREAT!

Donuts & Art

Post author By Kay T. Ananda
Post date December 14, 2013

There’s a hidden gem of a gallery at a most unexpected place – a suburban strip mall – is not where you expect to find a wonderful gallery – but there’s a community of artists all over the Bay Area and I applaud a gallery like this that brings eclectic collection into view for more people – it’s not San Francisco SOMA, New York’s SOHO but in Pacifica of all places! At Oceanic Gallery, Pacifica, a little beach town south of San Francisco known for weekend surfers…

This evening, a local artist, ERIC JOYNER’s collection was featured – His work is whimsical and …funny, as in laughter and joy. Here’s this artist’s profile:”Eric Joyner has always had an interest in the future and art. After teaching, creating backgrounds for internet cartoons, texture mapping, and other creative endeavors, he made the decision become a gallery artist. One of his rules is to paint only the things he likes, and, having been a collector, he decided to base a series of paintings on the fascinating tin robots, spacemen and space ships made by Japanese toy companies in 1950s & 60s. Joyner’s work is greatly influenced by the Brandywine and ashcan artists and illustrators of the early 1900s.”

Titles of the work following, in order are:

Little Genius – “Look Ma, guess what I painted?”

Jungle Trek – “It’s a jungle out there!”

Hello Topiary – “Hello Kitty!”

Copies and few originals were on display at this show where the artist came and talked about his art with the slideshow showing some of his past work. It’s fascinating how someone tries at different themes and fails before settling on a theme that sells. His slideshow “illustrated” an artist’s pursuit and a lesson on how if you keep doing what you love, you will eventually find the answers you are seeking:) In his case, he loves donuts, he collects robots – merge the two and the formula works. “Donuts” & “robots” … two icons beloved by many – how can you go wrong? So whimsical that puts a smile on your face – wouldn’t you want one in your living space?

Guess who purchased the original painting “Hello Topiary”?