@nmatsumoto
I am a Toronto and New York City-based freelance writer who covers food, agriculture and the environment for publications including The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and Civil Eats. Nancy is the co-author of The Parent’s Guide to Eating Disorders: Supporting Self-Esteem, Healthy Eating & Positive Body Image at Home. She is a 2018 Stone Barns Exchange Fellow and a certified advanced sake professional.
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Unforgotten Voices—Heart Mountain Holidays
The following are holiday-themed excerpts from our book, Unforgotten Voices: An Oral History of t…
Dec. 25, 2023
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Historian Arthur A. Hansen on his latest book, Manzanar Mosaic
Arthur Hansen has spent the past 50 years researching and writing about the World War II Japanese A…
Oct. 26, 2023
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Uka Sake: Closing the Circle on a Trans-Pacific Rice-Growing Legacy
Rice farmer Ross Koda’s immigrant grandfather Keisaburo was larger-than-life, a pioneering rice f…
May 30, 2023
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An excerpt from Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain: As American As Apple Pie—Yellowstone - Part 2
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BACON, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT
We boy scouts went camping at the river and had…
May 2, 2023
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An excerpt from Unforgotten Voices from Heart Mountain: As American As Apple Pie—Yellowstone - Part 1
Unforgotten Voices From Heart Mountain: An Oral History of the Incarceration* is different from t…
May 1, 2023
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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…
Nov. 29, 2022
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Sitting Down with Writer Gil Asakawa to Talk Japanese Food and His New Book: Tabemasho! (Let’s Eat!): A Tasty History of Japanese Food in America
“Let me microwave something real quick.”
It seems fitting that this is the first thing Gil Asakawa…
Oct. 7, 2022
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Music at Work
A feel-good, nostalgic genre of Japanese dance tunes called City Pop has become the kitchen soundtr…
April 1, 2022
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Challenging Times at British Columbia's YK3 Brewery
In February of 2018, I visited YK3, a small sake brewery in Victoria, British Columbia headed by …
May 7, 2021
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