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Category: Japanese Food
Kiss Kiss Fall in Love? Queerbaiting and Afternoon Tea x Pocky’s “Sweet Love Story”
At first glance, it looks like Glico and Kirin have created something inclusive, and it’s really, really adorable. At least until you start reading the copy.
Make Chai Bread in Your Rice-Cooker
Steam up some delicious chai bread in your rice-cooker.
Halloween in Japan 2015: Beverages
The part of me that desperately missed Halloween and pumpkin food in Japan when I was there in the early ’10s is very pleased, but 2015!me is a little alarmed by how quickly it happened, if 10 years is “quick.” Globalization is a factor, of course, but just as much at work is Japan’s marketing of seasonal goods.
Add a Dash of Cultural Imperialism: Japanese Food and Cooking (1956), Part 5
“Raw fish, to many foreigners, spells trouble.
‘Raw fish!’ one can hear them scream, ‘how could anyone think of eating such a thing?'”
Add a Dash of Cultural Imperialism: Japanese Food and Cooking (1956), Part 4
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Ch. 3: “Rice-Sandwiches” We’ve made it to the sushi chapter, readers!
Add a Dash of Cultural Imperialism: Japanese Food and Cooking (1956), Part 3
Foreword and part 2 here. Ch. 2: Rice Dishes Like many chapters, this one starts off well, with an explanation that rice is the staple food of Japan (all 85 million inhabitants; now 1.27 million) and is served in a variety of ways; there follow instructions for washing and cooking rice. One thing I find…
Add a Dash of Cultural Imperialism: Japanese Food and Cooking (1956), Part 2
Prior post: “Foreword” Ch.1 : Ingredients, or On Learning to Judge Foods Let’s talk learning foodways as part of your culture. If you are told that a certain food is gross by media, peers, family, or society at large, you will probably internalize that message on some level. Case in point: Brussels sprouts and liver and onions…
Add a Dash of Cultural Imperialism: Japanese Food and Cooking (1956), Part 1
Japanese Food and Cooking (1956) Stuart Griffin Charles E. Tuttle Co: Publishers This was printed 27 times by 1981. Twenty-seven times! Content warning: a lot of causal historical racism, colonialism, classism, and sexism. My friends, knowing I love food history, gave me a copy of an English-language Japanese cookbook as a parting gift. It’s been…
Vegan “Unagi” with Shiitake
I love unagi, but with the endangerment of the glass eel population (as well as the rising cost), it might be best to cool it with the eel. Although I’ve been following the eel news for several months, I hadn’t considered alternatives, but I saw this recipe for “Mock Eel” in the latest issue of Saveur and…
Taste Test: Baked Kit Kats (焼きキットカット)
I’ve been waiting so long to try these!
Guest Post: Krispy Kreme HARU! Doughnuts Taste Test
The hardest part of researching and blogging about Japanese food trends from the US is not being able to eat them! Today we have a guest post about Krispy Kreme’s HARU! Doughnuts by Alice of Super Happy Awesome. You may have seen her posts on seasonal foods, especially Starbucks’, linked on the social media for…
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