November 18, 2011
Teishoku is a pre-set meal -- a main dish, always with miso soup and a...
November 3, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEYg8KURILk&feature=channel_video_title Washio is one of my favorite nomiyas (watering hole) in western Tokyo. I spent...
October 21, 2011
Danran, a sushi spot in the Sakura-jyosui neighborhood of Tokyo, is no stranger to Umamimart....
October 18, 2011
By the time you read this, Yoko and I will be in Niigata, Japan, a...
September 16, 2011
I am ecstatic, beyond words, to announce that Yoko and I will be joining the...
September 6, 2011
Chef Maria Suzuki was exhausted. She’d spent the last two days cooking her heart out...
August 31, 2011
My city has experienced the wettest summer in the recorded weather history of Denmark. Just...
July 12, 2011
“Are we really doing this?” I asked, uncertainly nibbling on a grilled shiitake mushroom. Eriko...
March 17, 2011
These photos my friends in Tokyo sent me gave me a glimpse of what is...
February 9, 2011
The kawaii (= cute) world of Japan is a very positive dimension of happiness, beauty,...
January 13, 2011
While my husband is away in Tokyo this week, I dig myself deeper everyday into...
June 26, 2009
After making my umeshu and bottling it up for indulgence in October, I became restless....