Crónicas Nikkei #1 — ¡ITADAKIMASU! Sabores de La Cultura Nikkei
Para los Nikkei de alrededor del mundo, la comida es a veces la más fuerte conexión que tienen con la cultura. A través de las generaciones, el lenguaje y la tradición se pierden, pero esta última permanece en la comida.
Descubra a los Nikkei recolectó historias de alrededor del mundo relacionadas al tema de la cultura de la comida nikei y su impacto en la identidad nikei y en las comunidades. Esta serie presenta estas historias.
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Estoicismo Japones Por Ariel Takeda - INGLÉS:
Auténtico Por Barbara Nishimoto - PORTUGUÉS:
Ofukuro no aji: El misoshiru de mandioca de Doña Shizuka
Por Rosa Tomeno Takada - JAPONÉS:
La historia de los Pepinillos Encurtidos de la abuela: Las verduras en salmuera “tsukemono” de mi abuela
Por Asami Goto
Historias de Esta Serie
Family Meals That Integrate Rather Than Segregate
5 de octubre de 2012 • Francesca Yukari Biller
While growing up within two different cultures left my siblings and me with bittersweet challenges, we have always had the sweet comforts of the family meal and a “welcoming” table that satisfied both our appetites and spirits. Feasting on distinctive recipes passed down from my father’s Russian-Jewish family, and my mother’s exotic blend of Japanese-Hawaiian heritage, serves as a reminder that we are a family nourished by honoring our ethnicity and the diverse ingredients that make us whole. My family, …
The Black Noodle
3 de octubre de 2012 • Chanda Ishisaka
I made some soba for dinner today. Soba is a Japanese noodle made with buckwheat flour. My memory of soba noodles is having them with my obachan (grandma) at this one restaurant I grew up with called Oki’s in Monterey Park, California, which is no longer open. I must have been around six years old when one day, I was at Oki’s with my two aunts. I was trying to explain to them I wanted soba. Although at that time, …
The Washugyu Dream Venture
27 de septiembre de 2012 • Rio Imamura
Ever heard of Washoku? It’s a culinary and cultural tradition of Japanese dishes now quietly prevailing worldwide. If you know Washoku, then Wagyu may not sound peculiar. “Wagyu” is defined by Larry Olsmed, who wrote “Kobe Beef Scam” in the Forbes magazine (4/13/12) as follows: “Wagyu, on the other hand, means ‘Japanese Cattle’ and refers to the entirety of the nation’s breeds.” Beyond that, its definition gets vaguer depending on who you ask and what country you are in. It …
NIKKEIと料理文化
18 de septiembre de 2012 • Takeo Yamamoto
以下では日本食の特質について考える。その意図は、NIKKEIの人たちが日本食について日頃イメージし・思っていることと、以下で指摘することとの間に共通点・共有部分があるか、ないか、また、たとえそれらがなくともNIKKEIの人たちの賛同・納得が得られる部分があるか、ないか、を考えること、にある。さらに言えば、そうした結果に至るのは何故なのかを考えてみたいからである。そうするなかで、NIKKEIの人たちの、ひいては世界中の多くの人たちの、日本食についての理解や認識が深まるのではな…
Food for Life: Nice Rice
6 de septiembre de 2012 • Gil Asakawa
It’s been 20 years since I graduated from college (!), and I realized I don’t have much to show from those days. Old, laughably out-of-date clothes were turned into rags years ago; I’ve upgraded my cheap stereo with better equipment and newer CD technology; and I’ve driven several cars since my beloved Mazda Mizer. What I do have still with me are some books, a few pieces of artwork (I went to art school), jade plant (it’s huge), and my …
Mochi and Me
4 de septiembre de 2012 • Ben Arikawa
Mochi is a quintessential Nikkei food. Mochi is a symbol of our ties to our ancestral homeland, the land of small, terraced rice fields tended by family farmers. Mochi is made from rice. Not the typical rice you cook at home, but a glutinous rice that is very sticky when cooked. In the traditional method, the rice is steamed, ground and pounded by people wielding wooden mallets into a sticky dough. I have a very vague memory of my extended …