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Interview with Harumi Kurihara for JQ Magazine
Harumi Kurihara I had the great pleasure of interviewing Harumi Kurihara (via e-mail through her staff) after the release of her English cookbook, Everyday Harumi. Here is the interview from JQ...
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Media – Ivan Orkin of Ivan Ramen in the NY Times
Ivan Orkin Kudos to my friend Ivan Orkin in his NY Times debut! http://tinyurl.com/yjwv4fb
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Harajuku Taproom for Craft Beer
Bryan & Sayuri Baird's Harajuku Taproom Photo by Keigo Moriyama Tokyo is filled with many options for beer and food. What makes one pub stick out over the rest is the quality of the beer and the...
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Shotengai Shopping Arcades – Walking Food Tours of Tokyo
Shotengai I love the shotengai, Japanese shopping arcades. Filled with ma and pa shops selling tofu, fresh produce, rice, pickles, miso, and other basics of the Japanese pantry. This article recently...
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Food & Wine’s 2010 Go List
Bar Pleiades This is one of my favorite article contributions each year. Food & Wine’s Go List – including the best of Tokyo. http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/go-list-2010 Tokyo highlights...
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Chef Seiji Yamamoto of Nihonryori Ryugin 日本料理龍吟の山本征治
Chef Seiji Yamamoto photo by Jun Takagi Avant-gardist Seiji Yamamoto of Nihonryori Ryugin once silk-screened bar codes onto plates with squid ink. His latest shocker: He’s embracing Japanese classics,...
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Indagare Interview – Culinary Tokyo: Restaurants Not To Miss
Isetan depachika (photo by Takuya Suzuki) This interview appeared a while back but I wanted to share it for its information on some of my top recommendations for foodies visiting Tokyo. Born in Japan...
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Alan Richman in GQ on how Food is Made Better in Japan
I had the great pleasure of spending some time with journalist Alan Richman as he tested a theory that food is better in Japan. Why is it that French, Italian, or Chinese food is so good in Japan? Read...
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Chef Seiji Yamamoto of Ryugin
Chef Seiji Yamamoto Ryugin Dessert This article first appeared in The Japan Times in January of 2008. Since then I would have to say that chef Seiji Yamamoto’s cuisine has returned to more traditional...
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PBS – I’ll Have What Phil’s Having
Phil Rosenthal at Zaiyu Hasegawa’s Den We are so very excited to have been included in Phil Rosenthal’s upcoming food show on PBS, I’ll Have What Phil’s Having. Here is a sneak preview of his Tokyo...
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I’ll Have What Phil’s Having
I’ll Have What Phil’s Having at Den It all started a little over a year ago. An email from a producer in New York City wanting to know if we would help with the filming of a new food show for PBS. The...
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Risaku Onigiri Breakfast 利さく
My last monthly Japanese breakfast column for The Japan Times was on onigiri. The highlight of my research was this lovely gem, Sendagi Risaku. All of the other shops were part of a chain, but this...
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