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Many-flavored Japanese Kit Kats: not really
I am a major proponent of all kinds of Japanese food, from the highest of haute cuisine from Kyoto ryotei to the humble fare available at a konbini (convenience store). Over the years, I've tried to...
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Monday photos: This little pig is not a guinea pig
It's a bit late to be posting these photos, but here they are. In Europe, the pig is considered a lucky symbol of the New Year; in Switzerland for instance people give each other little peppermint...
View ArticleJapanese cuisine the most popular foreign cuisine..? What's your favorite?
This bit of news crossed my path today via Twitter, and it has me scratching my head a bit. In December 2012, the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) conducted a web based survey in 7 countries -...
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Fishy interlude: An amazingly detailed model of a Tsukiji market maguro...
Since we are in the middle of the Fish section of Japanese Cooking 101, here's an interesting story about a plastic model of...a fish. Sounds weird, you say? Well you have to see this to believe it....
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A scandalous incident on a TV food show. No, not that one.
By now you have probably at least heard about the brouhaha over the owners of a restaurant/bakery that appeared on Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares show (U.S. version). If not, you can read about it...
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