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I'm a member of cookpad.com japan.  It's like allrecipes here in the US.  I really like cookpad japan because I can find new ideas brewing in the country and there are millions of recipes there.   I was looking for mejillones in vinagre and stumbled on coodpad spain site.  Using the google translate the web page, I was able to easily get the recipes I wanted. 

I also noticed that cookpad is now in many countries.   

I am also a fan of Cookpad Japan (http://cookpad.com/). I love to use it to find recipes for a particular ingredient (much like I use EYB). One time, I had some extra shirasu and looked for some ideas on how to use it and found this recipe (http://cookpad.com/recipe/2137577). It couldn't be simpler and makes a quick, tasty lunch/snack.  

Thanks for mentioning the Spanish version (https://cookpad.com/es), I will check it out.

Sally I noticed that you are in Minneapolis.  It's great you can find shirasu there since it's not such a common ingredient.  For simple use, it's great sprinkled into rice before steaming.  I just love what is known as osouzai in Japan.  It's pepared foods you can buy in many places in Japan.  The quality of their offerings are outstanding.  I esp like some of the beautiful salads you can buy in department basements.  Endless offerings and makes US counterpart markets a little sparse and not pretty.

Thanks for the shirasu tip. The prepared foods are indeed spectacular in Japan. When we visited my mom's family (from Hokkaido), we marvelled at the quality of the fresh and prepared foods. The department store basement food selections were spectacular for the sheer quanity, presentation and of course, taste. Even the food at the convenience stores (konbini) were impressive. We did not have a bad meal the entire time and was happy to bring back a variety of foods back home.

I've been to Hokkaido 3 times and each time, I come back with appreciation for pristine seafood found and pepared there.  I love the seasonality of offerings too.  I've been there in May, July, and in September - all different seafood offered.  Hokkaido is such a beautiful place.  Shirasu is a speciality of Atami area of Izu Peninsula.  I normally spend 3 days at ryokan in In Izu pensinsular when I return to Japan.  Fresh shirasu just steamed is sooo good.  I also love uncooked ones too.