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Eating Tofu Sparks Food Memories

TORONTO — The other day I experienced a food delight. Yup, with my gohan (steamed rice), there was nice cold tofu cut up in small blocks ...

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Food for thought — and sheltering at home

Anyone who knows me knows that I love to eat. I’m a foodie. I love restaurants (I’m opinionated about them, too). And, I ...

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Nikkei Chronicles #6 — Itadakimasu 2!: Another Taste of Nikkei Culture

Natto: A Love Story

I love natto. But it wasn’t always that way. My mom gave me my first taste when I was around seven or eight years ...

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Pursuing Seattle Japanese Cuisine

Pursuing Japanese food and service culture with American hospitality, a restaurant was opened last year near the Pike Place Market. Notable and legendary local chef ...

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Bon Yagi: Emperor of New York’s Japanese East Village - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Family is important to Yagi, explains his daughter Sakura, because his own was fractured when he was very young. His father died ...

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Bon Yagi: Emperor of New York’s Japanese East Village - Part 1

The first time I interviewed Bon Yagi, the New York City businessman who has built an empire of 13 Japanese specialty restaurants featuring everything from ...

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Nikkei View

Growing Up with Stinky, Slimy, Altogether Wonderful Japanese Food

I’m a foodie. Everyone knows this. I write about food, I take photos of food everywhere I dine, I love to cook, and I ...

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UNESCO “Japanese Food : Intangible Cultural Heritage”

UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) decided to register “Washoku” (traditional Japanese cuisine) as an Intangible Cultural Heritage1 on December 4, 2013 ...

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Nikkei Chronicles #2 — Nikkei+ ~ Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race ~

Japanese and Jewish Food Come Home to Brooklyn

Sawako Okochi has always had a sense of adventure. When she finished high school in Hiroshima and her classmates were deciding which Japanese universities to ...

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Nikkei Chronicles #2 — Nikkei+ ~ Stories of Mixed Language, Traditions, Generations & Race ~

Cross-Culture A La Carte

—Daddy, she said shyly, I don’t feel like cooking this Sunday….—Of course, I answered. Would you like to eat at the cafeteria at ...