Just Hungry's Maki Itoh has started a guide to where to shop for Japanese food around the world and is soliciting readers' help. Go and add your favorite Japanese grocery store if it's not already there. I'll be referring to the Japanese grocery stores in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and California lists.
2 related lists worth checking out, also by Maki:
Thanks, Maki!
Yes, it's a bacon scarf. As if I needed another reason to long for autumn weather.
The Egg Cuber is one of those kitchen gadgets that clearly, you do not need but once you've seen the result of its handiwork captured in your Flickr photostream, you MUST have one especially after you've done a quick search and found that it's available online for $2.99.
Sweet Meats Plush Toys = cutest meat plush toys ever and who doesn't need meat plush toys? These three will be adorning my couch. Not pictured here: the "Racka Ribs" and "Hot Links." [via Cute Overload].
Salvor Kiosk is a new store offering products from around the world, one country at a time and "an antidote to over-design." This is a concept I can get behind! Currently featuring inventory from Japan through February, two of my favorite items are the insulated hot/cold bag (this looks like the perfect thing to take along to the farmer's market), and the Sakura Kosen (smoked cherry blossom beverage) -- pour hot water over it, and the flower opens fully and ressembles a cherry blossom.
In NYC? Visit the offline store, 12-7 Wed.- Sun. , 95 Spring Street.
Charles & Marie are self-described "lifestyle navigators" offering exclusive, "limited lifestyle products and the best-of-the-best from all over the world" via their website feature, Soup du Jour.
Ignoring the fact that the terms "lifestyle navigator" and "lifestyle product" are silly and non-descript and make me want to gag, Soup du Jour is a fun little concept, offering up a different product for sale every day, for only 24 hours, and often times it's something I can afford and imagine incorporating into my lifestyle, like today's Normann Funnel. Made from FDA-approved thermal plastic elastomer (flexible rubber), it can withstand the heat of boiling water and is dishwasher safe and its accordian design means it'll fit in my kitchen drawer. Sweet!