Before each workday begins, chef Masayoshi Baba takes reverent pause at the kamidana perched above the open kitchen of his eponymous restaurant. He …
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You Won't Believe the Methods of These Sushi Masters
From spending years dedicating themselves to learning the art of rice to innovating new techniques like flame-searing, these Sushi Masters are some of the best in the world.
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The man sitting next to me is holding a coffee cup in one hand and is wildly pointing with the other. “There he is!” he whispers loudly to his wife, …
Unlike his current gastronomic flights of fancy, food was a modest endeavour during Tojo’s childhood in postwar Kagoshima, Japan. “Both my parents, …
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Sushi rice is the foundation to good sushi. And for home cooks, it can be difficult to replicate the fluffy sticky perfection of Japanese …
Flame-seared sushi. It seems like an oxymoron, but giving the kiss of fire to impeccably fresh seafood is the alchemic key to creating an innovative …
As I enter Alt Hotel by Le Germain in the East Village, I am greeted by a stark white hallway lined with floor-to-ceiling photographs that depict …
