Are you an Umami freak? A Dashi aficianado? A lover of Katsuobushi? Don't understand any of these words, really but wish you did? Learn from Kanbutsu Maestra (master of preserved foods) Mamiko Niashiyama owner of Yakicho Honten in Japan, a shop specializing in these ancient fundamental Japanese foods for 276 years. ...read more
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Take two umami powerhouses and wed them with moist heat and you get a dish of extreme simplicity that’s astonishingly flavorful. Sonoko Sakai is a Japanese friend who is a gifted teacher. Listen to her talk about making Dashi here. Change Up: Because I’m lucky and live in SoCal ...read more