Tokyo Terrace

Reverse Culture Shock + an Announcement

March 6, 2013

Some of you may remember the photo above. It was the first Tokyo Terrace header. Four years ago, I was sitting in my tiny apartment in Tokyo, Japan preparing to post my very first entry on my very first food blog. Over the years, I was able to document many of the wonderfully strange, difficult, [...]

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Homemade Pasta with Gorgonzola & Toasted Hazelnuts

March 5, 2013

Simple pasta dishes are one of life’s true treasures. Whether quickly stir-fried with crisp vegetables and tangy sauce or coated with a light combination of olive oil, garlic and lemon, pasta satisfies our hunger and brings everyone to the table in a hurry. Who can say no to a big [...]

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Everything’s Just Peachy

October 7, 2012

I woke up this morning to Riley’s little “I’m awake!” noise. Initially, I was not thrilled about getting out of bed. With all that has been going on with our house lately (which I’ll explain momentarily) I just wanted to stay snuggled under the covers in my flannel pajamas. So, I slowly pushed away the [...]

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Fried Okra

September 3, 2012

I remember when my Grandma Smith taught me to make fried chicken. I must have been about 13 or 14 at the time and my family was in the middle of one of our annual trips to Cookeville, Tennessee. At my young age, I was not fully aware of how much I loved cooking, although [...]

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Slowly Coming Back

August 31, 2012

Life changes every day. Some changes are so small they go completely unnoticed while others cause an uncontrollable tidal wave, sweeping through every part of what made your life “normal”. I’d say an international move, coupled with buying and renovating a house, all while raising a nearly 9 month old child falls into the tidal [...]

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Corn on the Cob with Herb Butter

August 30, 2012

One of the biggest things I missed about home when I lived in Tokyo (and now living in Denver) were evenings spent on my parents’ deck, looking out at the soft summer light kissing each blade of green grass and casting shadows across the fields as the sun set. That will always be one of [...]

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Carrots + Creamy Miso Dip

May 24, 2012

Brad and I had a rare date night on Sunday. We took advantage of our time alone to say goodbye to the area of Tokyo we have called home for the past 4 years. It was nice to stroll down the side streets lined with shops and restaurants, talking about how our first year seemed [...]

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Enjoying it while it lasts…

May 10, 2012

As many of you know from my last post, we are saying sayonara to our life in Tokyo. In a month we will be relocating to Denver, Colorado. It will be quite an adjustment living in the U.S. again, but before I have to deal with that transition, I’m trying to take in all that [...]

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Change is in the air…

May 7, 2012

A few days ago I was headed to the grocery store. This seems like a simple enough task, right? Well, these days it involves getting the stroller packed up with a diaper bag, rain cover, and baby, plus making sure there is still room in the bottom to put grocery bags to bring home. All [...]

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More Kyoto + Baby Travel Tips

April 27, 2012

It just so happens that traveling with an infant is not super easy in Kyoto. Unlike Tokyo, Kyoto is lacking in public restrooms with changing tables or convenient places to nurse. Tokyo is so baby-friendly that we didn’t really think twice about it being anything but a breeze in Kyoto. Let’s just say we learned [...]