To be completely honest, even though I was born in the arctic (read: Minneapolis, Minnesota), I am not good with the cold, and for that very reason I have mixed feeling about the arrival of December. On the one hand, I like the Christmas season and all the lights and foods that transport me back to childhood, but on the other hand starting from December it just gets colder and colder in Tokyo and I am not about that life. However, as long as I have a batch of mulled wine (red wine heated with citrus, honey, and spices popular in the UK and Europe) to evoke the Christmas spirit and warm my body on cold nights, somehow I know that somehow I will make it through the winter, so today I’m posting a recipe for mulled wine that can be easily made with ingredients readily available in Japan. [Continue Reading/続きを読む]