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Hokutei Suisan Fish Market (Saitama)
November 1, 2011
By Sasha Wizansky On October 21st, chef Kanji Nakatani took a small group of the...
October 31, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAxQCC8bVxI&feature=player_embedded I spent the weekend with my good friend Naoko in her cabin in the...
Culinography: Carrots & Purple Cauliflower
October 31, 2011
Carrots + purple cauliflower roasted with olive oil, salt and pepper. Photograph by Erin Gleeson.
Tuna Head at Tsukiji Fish Market
October 28, 2011
Look at this tuna head! It was fucking HUGE--I could easily fit my own head...
October 27, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AwoE-59pMqc The OPENharvest group visited the Hachisu residence in Kodama-gun in Saitama Prefecture. We enjoyed...
Happy Hour: Autumn Cocktail: The Rusty Nail Redux
October 26, 2011
PREFACE Happy Hour: Rusty Nail (By Paystyle; February 2010) +++ Many years ago, when I...
October 25, 2011
http://youtu.be/DW8TaQeeGB8 Last Wednesday, I went with the OPENharvest group to a rice farm in Uonuma,...
Rice Harvesting in Niigata
October 24, 2011
At 5am on a Thursday morning, groggy and jetlagged, 20 of us OPENharvest participants, with...
Culinography: Grapes in Season
October 24, 2011
These deliciously sweet little seedless gems came with our CSA the other week. Photo by...
Dobinmushi, The Essence of Autumn
October 21, 2011
Danran, a sushi spot in the Sakura-jyosui neighborhood of Tokyo, is no stranger to Umamimart....
Food Rx: The Mayan Corn God vs. Nopalito (SF)
October 20, 2011
"After September 6th, everything will make sense," a friend told me. She's referring to New...
Skankynavia: Icelandic Nammi
October 19, 2011
As I've written in a post some years ago, Iceland is a nation of candy...