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125 years of Japanese immigration in Peru: history and memories

When my cousins and my brother get together to eat on a holiday, we always remember the sushi tha…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • July 7, 2024

cooking cuisine families grandparents Japanese Peruvians Nikkei cuisine parents Peruvian Nikkei cuisine

Japanese Companies Active in Brazil Today

Part 7: Yamato Group's commitment to "Japanese flavors"

In the seventh episode, we spoke with Honda Minami, director of Yamato Group (represented by Honda …

Tomoko Oura • Feb. 2, 2024

Brazil business cooking cuisine economics food Japanese business enterprises Japanese cuisine management restaurants São Paulo Yamato Comercial LDTA (firm)

A Half Century of Preaching the Washoku Gospel

The celebrated chef Takeyuki Suetsugu recently spoke with former North American Post Editor Akiko K…

Akiko Kusunose • Feb. 1, 2024

chefs cooking cuisine Japanese cuisine restaurants Seattle Takeyuki Suetsugu United States Washington washoku

Ayumi Takenaka: “Even though we don’t have an exact definition of Nikkei cuisine, its origins are in Peru”

“What is Nikkei cuisine?” seems like a simple question, but beneath it is a complex definition that…

Milagros Tsukayama Shinzato • Nov. 29, 2023

Ayumi Takenaka cooking cuisine fusion cuisine Nikkei cuisine Peru

Reiwa Izakaya: Japanese taste in Peru

Nikkei fusion has been the main way in which Peruvians have learned about the benefits of Japanese …

Javier García Wong-Kit • Sept. 11, 2023

Arturo Uchima cooking cuisine fusion cuisine Julio Haruyama Lima Nikkei cuisine Peru Reiwa Izakaya (restaurant) restaurants

Chef Akira Hirose Feeds a Community with Food Fit for an Emperor

At Azay in Little Tokyo, Akira Hirose uses his French and Japanese cuisine to serve the local com…

Ethan Huang • April 7, 2023

Akira Hirose Azay (restaurant) California chefs communities cooking cuisine fusion cuisine Little Tokyo Los Angeles United States

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Eating Together Again for the Holidays

It’s been a long, sometimes lonely three years since COVID-19 arrived in the world and changed all …

Gil Asakawa • Jan. 3, 2023

cooking cuisine families food holidays Japanese cuisine Japanese food New Year osechi cooking ozoni sashimi shabu-shabu

Tomoya Fusion Nikkei: the first izakaya in Peru

Every cuisine is a mixture of techniques, inputs and cultures in which the hand of its creators can…

Javier García Wong-Kit • Dec. 28, 2022

bars (drinking establishments) cooking cuisine fusion cuisine izakaya Nikkei cuisine Peru restaurants Tomoya Fusión Nikkei (restaurant)

Roger Arakaki, Chef and Teacher

“How does ceviche sushi sound? Amazing, right? An innovative (and delicious) presentation of ingr…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Nov. 22, 2022

chefs cooking cuisine dekasegi food foreign workers Japanese food Lima Nikkei cuisine Nikkei in Japan Peru restaurants Roger Arakaki sushi Sushi Ito (restaurant)

J. Kenji López-Alt: Seattle's Famous Japanese American Cooking Star — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Over the years, you really delved into the science behind cooking as in your two …

Elaine Ikoma Ko • Oct. 11, 2022

cooking cuisine James Kenji López-Alt Japanese American cuisine Nikkei cuisine Seattle United States Washington

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