Hearty Valentine’s Day Sandwiches Bento with FunBites

Mr. Pikko gave me a bread machine for Christmas and I’ve been puttering away trying to find my favorite recipes for breads we enjoy. We usually eat Honey Oat bread all the time and so I baked one of those and it turned out yum, but definitely not quite as moist and soft as we’re used to. Plus, we’re still getting used to the fact that home baked bread has to be eaten fast or it becomes really dried out, even with a bread box. Since I got a set of FunBites (available on Amazon) to review for Valentine’s Day, I had to make bread. Last night, I decided to try out a white bread recipe on Rapid…

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Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession, and Recipes from Tokyo’s Most Unlikely Noodle Joint

The end-all-be-all guide to ramen from Ivan Orkin, the iconoclastic New York-born owner of Tokyo’s top ramen shop.     While scores of people line up outside American ramen powerhouses like Momofuku Noodle Bar, chefs and food writers in the know revere Ivan Orkin’s traditional Japanese take on ramen. Ivan Ramenchronicles Orkin’s journey from…

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