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Yesterday, I had the opportunity of visiting the World Headquarters of Serious Eats in New York. What a great place it is.

Filed under:  other food blogs new york

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Happy New Year! 明けましておめでとうございます。

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Filed under:  holidays japan

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I finally made it to Taimeiken, an old time yoshoku restaurant in Nihonbashi, to indulge in the original Tampopo Omuraisu (rice omelette). Yes, that Tampopo.

Filed under:  japanese restaurants yohshoku japan travel tokyo food movies review

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A little slice of old Tokyo in an out-of-the-way area of Tokyo, Obana is an unagi-ya (eel restaurant) that even someone who's not an unagi fan can love.

Filed under:  food travel japanese restaurants japan washoku tokyo

Scenes from the Shin Yokohama Ramen Museum (新横浜ラーメン博物館)

A museum that pays homage to a single type of dish? Why not - this is Japan after all.

Filed under:  food travel japanese offbeat noodles japan ramen yokohama

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It's matsutake season! Let's see just how much you pay for one of the most expensive foodstuffs on earth.

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What inspires you to cook?

Filed under:  philosophy

Since I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes, I've been doing a lot of research into what is recommended for diabetics in Japan to eat. There are several issues to keep in mind when eating or making Japanese style dishes, so I thought I'd share these here. Whether you're planning to travel to Japan or are just a fan of Japanese cooking and restaurants, I hope you'll find this useful.

Filed under:  japanese japan health and weight loss low-carb diabetes

About some weird 'diet' pills labeled Japanese, even though they aren't from Japan at all, plus some REAL Japanese diets that are popular now.

Filed under:  offbeat japan health and weight loss

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