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A Half Century of Preaching the Washoku Gospel
The celebrated chef Takeyuki Suetsugu recently spoke with former North American Post Editor Akiko K…

Akiko Kusunose • Feb. 1, 2024

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chefs cooking cuisine Japanese cuisine restaurants Seattle Takeyuki Suetsugu United States Washington washoku
chefs cooking cuisine Japanese cuisine restaurants Seattle Takeyuki Suetsugu United States Washington washoku
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Chef Akira Hirose Feeds a Community with Food Fit for an Emperor
At Azay in Little Tokyo, Akira Hirose uses his French and Japanese cuisine to serve the local com…

Ethan Huang • April 7, 2023

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Akira Hirose Azay (restaurant) California chefs communities cooking cuisine fusion cuisine Little Tokyo Los Angeles United States
Akira Hirose Azay (restaurant) California chefs communities cooking cuisine fusion cuisine Little Tokyo Los Angeles United States
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Niki Nakayama: How a JA Angeleno Conquered the Rarefied World of Japanese Kaiseki Cuisine
Niki Nakayama, who heads n/naka restaurant in Los Angeles, is the most famous kaiseki chef in Ameri…

Nancy Matsumoto • Nov. 29, 2022

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California Carol Iida-Nakayama chefs food Japanese food kaiseki Los Angeles Niki Nakayama n/naka (restaurant) restaurants United States
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Roger Arakaki, Chef and Teacher
“How does ceviche sushi sound? Amazing, right? An innovative (and delicious) presentation o…

Enrique Higa Sakuda • Nov. 22, 2022

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chefs cooking cuisine dekasegi food foreign workers Japanese food Lima Nikkei cuisine Nikkei in Japan Peru restaurants Roger Arakaki sushi Sushi Ito (restaurant)
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Telma Shiraishi Gives a Unique Flavor to Japanese Cuisine with Brazilian Ingredients
Born in the city of São Paulo and with roots in the Japanese prefectures of Wakayama (her …

Tatiana Maebuchi • Nov. 7, 2022

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Aizome (restaurant) Brazil chefs restaurants São Paulo Telma Shiraishi
Aizome (restaurant) Brazil chefs restaurants São Paulo Telma Shiraishi
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Nikkei Chronicles #11—Itadakimasu 3! Nikkei Food, Family, and Community
Leonardo Oyakawa: cooking his way
When he lived in Lima, no arrow or sign indicated to him that the path to his professional future w…

Javier García Wong-Kit • July 13, 2022

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California Kusakabe (restaurant) Leonardo Oyakawa Peru restaurants San Francisco sushi chefs United States
California Kusakabe (restaurant) Leonardo Oyakawa Peru restaurants San Francisco sushi chefs United States
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Jaime Ajito: Ambassador of Nikkei Cuisine
If cuisine is a way to travel around the world, Peruvian chef Jaime Ajito has been an ambassador of…

Javier García Wong-Kit • April 15, 2022

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Argentina Bahrain chefs China cooking cuisine food fusion cuisine Jaime Ajito Mexico Nikkei cuisine Peru Peruvians
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Nikkei cookbook shines in Spain
María José García Miró had been fascinated by Nikkei cuisine since she lived in Lima and she loved…

Javier García Wong-Kit +1 • Jan. 20, 2020

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chefs cookbooks María José García Miró Nikkei: La Gastronomía Japonesa y Peruana Dialogan (book) Peru Spain
chefs cookbooks María José García Miró Nikkei: La Gastronomía Japonesa y Peruana Dialogan (book) Peru Spain
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Young Nikkei Cooker
Warike Nikkei: a popular secret
Cooking has something of a mystery when it surprises with peculiar recipes that seek to be inimitab…

Javier García Wong-Kit +1 • Dec. 23, 2019

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chefs food Lima Luis Alonso Arakaki Romero Peru restaurants Warike Nikkei (restaurant)
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"I won't give up until I'm a chef": Kunikko Yagi, owner of fried chicken specialty restaurant "Picnico"
"There's no way you can become a chef at 26." Her ex-husband's words ignited her …

Junko Yoshida • July 22, 2019

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California central business districts chefs downtown food generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Los Angeles migration postwar restaurants Shin-Issei United States World War II
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