I'm just a oddly tall full Japanese girl who was born in America. I love food and my family loves food. It's the one subject that my cousins and I can always joke about when we're talking about our families. We have a passion for cooking all different types of things. My great aunt was even the family cook for Ansel Adams! So yeah, food is a family trademark. I love cooking Asian dishes and Italian dishes. I haven't quite gotten the hang of bread, especially since I'm too stingy to buy a bread machine. I love making food from scratch because I seem to feel better about myself and proud that I didn't use boxed things. My mom's specialty was frying stuff. Fried shrimp, friend beef steak, fried chicken, Japanese fried potato croquette. There was always a signature dish in my family that each of the women made. When my great aunt died I became the keeper of her rainbow jell-o recipe. Which is delicious! Definitely the rainbow jell-o. Also some recipes where I winged it or added some spices hoping it would taste good. I was very proud of the chocolate cake I made for my boyfriend's birthday too.