Category Archives: japanese food

30 foods, 5 colors

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

Diet diversity and variety doesn’t just provide lots of different nutrients that the body needs but other important non-nutrients such as antioxidants that becoming very critical in decreasing the risk of diet-related noncommunicable diseases. And although we have nutrigenomics to … Continue reading →

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Kaiseki on christmas eve and okinawan diets

Posted on December 27, 2009 by

Over the holidays, 5cense and I went to Sugiyama, which serves a traditional kaiseki meal. I am not sure where else in the city you can get one, and we were craving it since our trip to Kyoto. Kaiseki is … Continue reading →

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the nail that sticks up will be hammered down

Posted on December 24, 2009 by

The Economist published an article on the dying traditional rice cultivation practices in Japan. Rice is Japan’s staple food and the Japanese government prohibits the import of rice as long as local crops provide harvests enough to feed the nation. … Continue reading →

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Snacks and Glints

Posted on March 29, 2009 by

Forging a Hot Link to the Farmer Who Grows the Food – cool article in the Times Raj Patel wants you to Buy Japanese or at least, live in Japan Teenagers near fast food = obesity. And Marion Nestle has … Continue reading →

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Raw Fish in Nairobi?

Posted on August 27, 2008 by

Derek and I hesitantly went out for Japanese food last night to a place called Furusato in Westlands, Nairobi. Surprisingly, it was very good. We started with gyozas and fried tofu, which were excellent. I then had shrimp tofu udon … Continue reading →

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