a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in cookery, cookery books, cooking, food, Japan, Japanese, recipe, traveleating on Oct 26th, 2009
Everyday Harumi is Japanese housewife turned cookery writer Harumi Kurihara‘s latest book, produced in the UK and photographed by über-food photographer Jason Lowe. I bought an earlier book, Harumi’s Japanese Home Cooking, a couple of months ago, and to be honest, wasn’t overly impressed with it. No matter how many times I went through the book, [...]
Posted in dining out, food, food & travel, Japan, Japanese, Kamakura, Kyoto, Osaka, restaurant review, restaurants, Tokyo, travel tips, traveleating on Sep 28th, 2009
A 2 week ‘traveleating‘ trip to Japan has been planned for November. Even though it will be my fifth trip over a period of 20 years, the last 2 months have still been spent on intensive research and consulting Japanese friends. I used to organise detailed production schedules for overseas shoots as a TV producer [...]
Posted in cookery, cooking, food, Japan, Japanese, recipe, traveleating on Feb 25th, 2009
A little preamble as to why I chose to make this popular Japanese dish. I made tonkatsu (without the curry) three years in a row for the LSE Japan Society annual party when I was a student. It was a real hit, even though I and the flat stank of grease for days after. I’ve [...]
Posted in cookery, cooking, food, Japan, Japanese, recipe, sushi, traveleating on Feb 13th, 2009
Maki sushi or sushi rolls can be a fun and creative way to eat healthily, as you can make plenty with children (not the cutting part!) or with friends, and fill them with anything you like. There are a million and one recipes for these online, but here’s how I made them, based on instructions [...]
Posted in cookery, cooking, food, Japan, Japanese, recipe, traveleating, vegetarian on Oct 8th, 2008
Imagine my reaction when we were recently invited by my in-laws for Sunday lunch. I charged up BOTH my camera batteries and hastily re-read the operating manual, fiddling with the settings to ensure that I was primed and ready to record what was guaranteed to be a superb home-cooked Japanese lunch. Yes, I am blessed [...]
