“Rock with Cognac” : Cognac and Sushi Pairing

Posted on Feb 12, 2021 in Hiroko's Blog

Last week I Co-hosted with Ezra Star, a Cognac Expert, “Roll with Cognac”, educational webinar, for journalists.  Pairing Cognac and Sushi – how fun and cool it was! Both Cognac and Sushi are examples of highly refined culinary arts.  Cognac and Sushi shares similar history and characteristics in many ways.  Both are adopted from foreign culinary culture.  Cognac’s origin lies in the 16th century with the arrival of Dutch in France.  Preliminary forms of sushi arrived in...

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Sushi Tamago

Posted on Sep 21, 2017 in Hiroko's Blog

High-end sushi restaurant serve a type of egg-sponge cake like dish at the conclusion of the meal – kind of a “pre-dessert”. Acclaimed sushi chef, Kimura, served me one of the best sushi tamago on my visit to the restaurant several years ago. Check out: Sublime – Fish That Tastes Better with Age (he served me 90 days cured fish!) https://zesterdaily.com/world/cuisine/sublime-sushi-fish-that-tastes-better-with-age/ This is an excerpt from my sushi book, The Sushi...

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The Wasabi

Posted on Dec 16, 2014 in Hiroko's Blog

Cultivation of wasabi rhizome began quite many years ago in Japan. The wasabi farm, which I visited several years ago in Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan, is owned and operated by Yoshihiko Shiratori, who is the seventeenth generation. The business was founded by his ancestors four hundred years ago. It is the oldest wasabi farm in Japan. Mr. Shiratori’s farm is situated 2,200 feet above sea level and surrounded by high mountains, clean air and water. His wasabi grows on...

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Sweet Pickled Ginger, Gari

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 in Hiroko's Blog, Recipes

Here is the sweet pickled ginger, gari, recipe. Please make sure that you use young ginger, so that they turn to lovely pink color. Norwich Meadows Farm has gorgeous young ginger. www.NorwichMeadowsFarm.com.     Gari Recipe (Adopted from The Sushi Experience) 14 ounces young ginger 1/2 cup rice vinegar 1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon sugar 2 teaspoons salt Clean the young ginger with a hard brush. Cut the ginger lengthwise into paper-thin slices. Mix the rice vinegar, 1/4...

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