credit: www.genets.co.jp KYUSHU WITH HIROKO Here is a piece of important hottest news from Hiroko’s Kitchen about Hiroko’s Japan Culinary & Cultural Tour in 2018. Hiroko will take you to the third largest island of Japan, Kyushu in November of 2018. Hiroko will be conducting a research trip to Japan to scout all aspects of the tour beginning on December 13th, 2017 in Japan. During this trip follow me on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Hiroko’s blog....
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Join me Hokkaido with Hiroko next year (2017), a unique tour combining the best of the culinary and natural worlds of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. This is the second year of operation. The complete information, including fare and application form, is available who which to receive them. Please write me at hiroko@hirokoskitchen.com or call me at 212-727-3085 (NYC). The tour is limited to nine (9) passengers. ...
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Here is our strategy practiced at the end of the year in order to start a New Year totally fresh without any strings in the old year attached. https://zesterdaily.com/cooking/cut-off-old-year-japanese-soba-noodles/ One important advice. Do it with soba noodles made from 100% buckwheat flour. Check the ingredients list on the back of the noodle package. Only ingredient you will find is buckwheat flour. Dozo Yoi Otoshi...
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Shawn DesVoignes, my business acquaintance, living in Kanazawa City, Japan, for the past six months (his total life in Japan is already 10 years), sent me a funny e-mail. He works for Yamato Shoyu-Miso Company, whose high quality shoyu and miso products are exported to USA. His e-mail reads; “Japanese love Christmas. I went shopping yesterday, the Christmas Eve, and could not find any chicken at any food stores!”. Well, today cooking chicken either butchered one...
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I bought locally caught herring from the fishmonger, Blue Moon, last Wednesday. Since Blue Moon won’t come back to the Greenmarket until next April I purchased extra herrings and porgy to freeze them for later consumption. I cleaned and filleted the fish, salted them a bit and placed them in plastic bags for storage. While filleting the herring I was thinking of herring roe – a must have New year food item. None of my fish had roe. It is anyway too early for...
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