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OPENeducation: Napa Valley Bee Company
September 20, 2011
OPENeducation was a daytime event at the Berkeley Art Museum, and part of the Chez...
ReCPY: Homemade Hayashi Rice
September 20, 2011
The Japanese have many dishes that originated somewhere in the world, but recreated it in...
Culinography: Summer Tomatoes in September
September 19, 2011
Summer has finally arrived in the Bay Area. Photo by Erin Gleeson.
OPENharvest: Umamimart Goes to Japan
September 16, 2011
I am ecstatic, beyond words, to announce that Yoko and I will be joining the...
The Ume Project: The Aka-Shiso Edition
September 16, 2011
This post is rather late, for which I apologize. Er, about a month late. SORRY!...
Japanify: Namuru (Spicy Bean Sprouts)
September 15, 2011
Japan is known to take ideas from other countries and adapt them for their own....
Skankynavia: Torvehallerne: A New Farmer's Market in Copenhagen
September 14, 2011
Yay, there's finally a real farmer's market in Copenhagen! After decades of supermarket deathbore, a...
Slightly Peckish: Castle Howard in Yorkshire (UK)
September 13, 2011
Yorkshire, two and half hours by train up north from London, is where one of...
ReCPY: Pasta de Ramen
September 12, 2011
Ramen, as some of my fellow writers have observed, is totally taking over North America....
Super Faminto: 5 Days in Paris: Birthday Dinner at L'Epi Dupin
September 9, 2011
L'Epi Dupin near Le Bon Marche is normally a quiet place full of neighborhood types...
Umamimart Shop Fall Sale
September 8, 2011
Fall is officially here, I would say--the sunlight a bit more orange, and the air...
Japanify: Hikarimono (Blue-Backed Fish)
September 8, 2011
Iwashi (Sardine) from Mie Prefecture Saba (or mackerel) is often priced really cheap in the...