A Bewitching Halloween

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Minami Circle IFL Group

Kanagawa International Foundation's Minami Circle's (23 Oct 2007) IFL (International Food Lover) Cooking Members Meeting.




Here Members are beginning our first gathering for this year.



One of the Members of the Minami Circle shared some of her homemade traditional pickles.



Members are cooking and preparing the day's menu. Here our Group's Leader is explaining to everyone how to prepare the day's salad.



The day's menu included (large plate) Inari-zushi (deep-fried tofu pockets filled with vinegared rice), Simmered spareribs with Japanese daikon (giant white radish), (bowl) sumashi-jiru (clear soy sauce soup with fish cakes, leek, and trefoil), and (small plate salad (lettuce, sliced onion, cucumber, snow crab, and cooked potatoes with an oil and vinegar dressing).



Here I am enjoying our delicious lunch with a friend.



The IFL Members look so satisfied. The day was busy! But, we all enjoyed the day's activity together.

And, a special thank you to the IFL Group's Leader. She really helped make the day a success!

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The Chiba Floral Museum (Chiba City, Japan)

Some seasonal memories from "The Chiba Floral Museum"
in Mihama-ku, Chiba City, Japan.


1. dressed pumpkin [1], 2. Fall scenes, 3. dressed pumpkin [2], 4. drying peppers, 5. thankful harvest, 6. colorful mushrooms, 7. dressed pumpkin [3], 8. pumpkin, 9. dressed pumpkin [4]


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