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Tahini Butter Mochi
Tahini Butter Mochi

Butter mochi, a staple at Japanese-Hawaiian potlucks, is said to be a combination of Japanese mochi and Filipino bibingka, a sweet coconut rice flour cake. This butter mochi has another layer of complexity- the addition of tahini, one of my favorite Middle-Eastern ingredients.

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RecipesKristin Posnerbutter mochi, dessert, tahini, japanese american food, mochi dessert, bibingka, hawaiian food, modern hawaiian food, easy recipes, easy dessert, sesame seeds, afternoon snackComment
Potluck Cabbage Salad
Potluck Cabbage Salad

Looking back on my childhood in Southern California, it seems like my family went to potlucks almost every weekend with our Japanese-American family and friends from Hawaii. As much as I loved seeing my aunties and uncles (some biological, most not), the little foodie in me loved the food most. And there was always ramen cabbage salad.

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RecipesKristin Posnerramen cabbage salad, easy recipes, weeknight recipe, easy weeknight recipe, cabbage salad, chinese chicken salad, japanese food, japanese hawaiian food, hawaiian food, modern japanese food, modern hawaiian food, healthy hawaiian food, salad, healthyish, hazelnuts, almonds, sesame seeds, weeknight meal, potluck, best side salad, food52Comment