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Umami Mart turned five years old this past week and we threw our biggest and...
"Sake on ice? Are you serious?"... is usually the response I get when I tell...
We love Hawaii - the surf, sand and spam musubi is all we need for much needed...
Kyle MacLachlan made this commercial to promote Twin Peaks: The Return in Japan. It's quirky...
Kayoko and I met Kevin Diedrich back in 2011 when we threw the Gift of Food...
All Twin Peaks fanatics should listen to Wrapped in Podcast - a podcast dedicated to...
This month's sakes are all from Yamagata Prefecture, to belatedly celebrate that Yamagata's sakes were...
I've been really excited to see the umeshu (Japanese plum infused in shochu) popping up on...
Since celebrating Solstice last week, we can finally say that summer is here. In the...
Pulling out balled-up leftover cheeses and one-cup sakes from my fridge is my weeknight, wind-down,...
Okonomiyaki is everywhere in Japan. It's one of those foods that appear in festivals and...