With people’s social distancing or practicing shelter-in-place during the coronavirus outbreak, many are wondering how to pass the time until businesses reopen and order is…
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What wood is best for cutting boards & butcher blocks?
If you think about it, cutting boards are very versatile and one of the most valuable accessories in your kitchen. It acts at any given…
Kids And Knives In The Kitchen – Safety Tips
The kitchen is a welcoming place for kids, with so much magic happening there, parents hushing around, prepping meals, pulling colourful items from the shelves…
How to cut a pomegranate using a pairing knife?
Pomegranate juice contains higher levels of antioxidants than most other fruit juices. It also has three times more antioxidants than red wine and green tea.…
How to sharpen kitchen knives?
Wondering why you should sharpen kitchen knives? No matter if you’re a professional or a weekender foodie who likes to prepare something fast and tasty,…
5 Simple Steps To Creating A Functional Minimalist Kitchen
to Dreaming of a minimalist kitchen? Some people can live with a messy home office or a disorganised bedroom closet. That’s not acceptable with the…
50 Greatest Cooking Tips (Of All Time)
We’ve gathered 50 best cooking tips from top chefs for you to enjoy. The smaller the item, the higher the baking temperature. For example, I…
How To Make A Sourdough Bread From Scratch (And Grow Your Own Starter)
Sourdough starter First, you need to make your starter. In a large bowl, mix together 100g of the flour with 100ml slightly warm water. Whisk…
15 Clever Products For The Most Organised Kitchen Ever
Are you looking for some ideas to make your kitchen more organised? Look no further. We’ve prepared for you 15 clever hacks to do just…
Which Japanese kitchen knife is best for women?
Japanese kitchen knives have a worldwide reputation for excellent quality and artistic beauty enjoyed by women and men. The trouble is, there’s so much mythology…
The secrets of the healthy Japanese diet
A traditional Japanese diet is well balanced, containing more fish than red meat, plenty of vegetables, pickled and fermented foods, and small portions of rice.…
An Intro To Slow Living – Tips And Advice
If you haven’t heard yet of the Slow Living trend – now more than ever you have the chance to practice it fully. The title…
10 Steps to Achieving Flow – Zen and Happiness At Work
Have your ever lost yourself in a project, so much so that you completely lost track of time? Being consumed by a task like that,…
Macrobiotics: The Japanese Concept That Brings Balance In Your Diet
Macrobiotics is all about eating in balance. This increasingly more popular diet was first developed by a Japanese philosopher called George Ohsawa. He believed in…
Wabi-Sabi: How To Embrace This Ancient Japanese Philosophy At Home And Life?
Does your to-do list look like a never-ending chore? Do you feel the constant need to keep refreshing your wardrobe and improving your home to…
10 Tips On How To Decorate Home With Cushions
Once reserved for the royal and wealthy, cushions are now an item of accessible luxury that completes spaces ranging from living rooms, bedrooms, outdoor seating…
Less (Stuff) Is More (Happiness): The Rise Of Minimalism Over Materialism
As a lifestyle ethos, minimalism encourages people eschew materialistic tendencies by spending their money on experiences rather than possessions. Popularised by nomads and driven by…
This Japanese Method Releases Stress In 5 Minutes
Stress is a natural part of life. While a certain amount of stress in our lives is normal and even necessary to keep us going,…
How Not To Faux Paux – Secrets of Japanese Business Etiquette
If you are from Europe or America, most of the things you will experience when visiting Japan may come as a shock to you. What’s…
The Art Of The Japanese Tea Ceremony
Matcha is a stone-ground powdered green tea used in traditional Japanese tea ceremonies. According to 8th century Zen Buddhist Eisai matcha is the ultimate mental…
How To Clean A Rusty Kitchen Knife?
Whether you’ve found a knife in one of your old toolboxes or accidentally left your favourite non stainless kitchen knife in the dishwasher (or your forgetting…
Japan’s Female Samurai Who Feared Nothing: Onna-Bugeisha
Although the depiction of samurai warriors is traditionally male-oriented, the Onna-bugeisha, female samurai existed and were just as strong and fearsome. Long before the Western…
Japanese Embroidery And Kimono Symbol Meanings
Symbols and motives have always been an integral part of Japanese art, both in traditional and modern designs. Symbols can be found subtly integrated in…
How To Ikebana – The Japanese Art Of Flower Arranging
A single stem never dies – goes the message from the Japanese floral philosophy of Ikebana. This isn’t a new concept. Far from it. In…
What Is The Difference Between Scissors And Shears?
Scissors and shears are different tools designed for different applications, but are often thought to be the same thing. For a better understanding, in this…
Japandi – Merging Japan And Scandinavia In Your Home Decor
Often, mixing two styles is better than one. Interior design is no exception. Japandi, one of the ever-trending styles is an absolute proof of that.…
What Japanese Knife To Buy?
Selecting the best Japanese kitchen knife for your needs Is it your first higher-end knife? If yes, then go for a a chef’s knife, also…
Knife History – Forging Methods
A bit of a knife history… The city of Sakai is situated by the Osaka bay at the Japanese main island. It is said that…
Four Knives Your Kitchen Just Can’t Live Without
Unlike several kitchen tasks, chopping, cutting, slicing and dicing is still mostly done by hand. While many of us have modernised our kitchens with high-tech…
Kumihimo – The Japanese Art Of Silk Braiding
Kumihimo roughly translates into English as ‘braided cord’. The word represents, in a larger sense, one of the least known of the traditional arts and…