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Archive for January, 2009

Throwing the Book at Salt

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

I am back from World of Healthy Flavors Conference held at CIA, Greystone, Napa, CA. The presenters included food experts like other chefs and me, Harvard University Medical (more…)

A bowl of plain cooked rice

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

A bowl of plain cooked rice - no oil, no salt and no spice - at a Japanese meal is as indispensable as a piece of bread in any meal here in America. Although polished white rice is the mainstream in Japan, my choice is brown rice. (more…)

Portion size and the way how I eat

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

I am preparing my demonstration and lecture materials for my appearance at World’s of Healthy Flavors conference held at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), Greystone, CA, next week. The conference focus concerns.. (more…)

Woman salt maker

Friday, January 9th, 2009

This is a continuation of my blog posted on Dec. 23, 2008. Here is an amazing woman salt maker, Ms. Tsunetoshi. Each month she processes……. (more…)