Some 700 years ago, a famous Japanese blacksmith from Kyoto, named Kuniyasu Chiyozuru, came to the village of Takefu (now Echizen) in the state, or prefecture, called Fukui. There, he transformed the metal-making art of the samurai katana into artisan knives designed for everyday warriors ...
Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (July 18, 1906 – February 27, 1992) was a Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry. A professor of English, he served as president of San Francisco State University, and then as U.S. Senator from California from 1977 to 1983. Age: Dec. ...
Funny story about the live fish….I remember when my Japanese family took me out to eat on my first night and we went to a Sushi restaurant, the Chef asked me to pick a fish from the tank and then just sliced it up, I couldn’t handle the fact that it was still twitching while ...
Image:Christopher Plummer at the Oscars in 2012 ActorChristopher Plummerwas best known for playing Captain von Trapp in The Sound Of Music, but had more recently starred in Knives Out, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and A Beautiful Mind. Amongst the most decorated in his fie...
grown in the volcanic soil of Mount Vesuvius. This combination of bright acidity and sweet, cheesy smoothness inhabits that taste space the Japanese callumami, or pleasant savory flavor. A Neapolitan pie is designed to be consumed fresh and hot, as close as possible to the igloo-shaped oven ...