Love natural wine? Make your way to Raw Wine Tokyo, a natural wine festival, this weekend. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/05/09/food-drink/natural-wine-festival-raw-wine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #sake #wine #alcohol #drinking
Foodies, take note. The hip Time Out Market has landed in Osaka (yes, not Tokyo). https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/05/04/food-drink/time-out-market-first-asian-edition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #chefs #japanesecuisine #snacks #desserts
Thank the ice cream cone for giving birth to “temaki-zushi” — and turning sushi into Japan’s real fast food. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/05/03/food-drink/temaki-zushi-origin-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #japanesecuisine #fish #seaweed #sushi #tokyo
Long Island teen’s AI food app rakes in millions despite Ivy League snubs https://www.byteseu.com/964455/ #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #FoodDrink #Lifestyle #LongIsland #News #NY #Technology #US
Hankering for great pizza in Hokkaido? Tokyo’s Savoy has finally opened its first branch in Sapporo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/26/food-drink/savoy-pizza-hokkaido-cuisine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #pizza #italianfood #hokkaido #sapporo
Millie Tsukagoshi Lagares’ first cookbook, “Umai: Recipes From a Japanese Home Kitchen,” is an ode to Japanese cuisine — minus the hard rules. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/26/food-drink/japanese-cookbook-tsukagoshi-lagares/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #chefs #recipes #japanesecuisine #desserts
Pairing hot dogs with sake? Why not? At Craft Sake Week in Roppongi Hills, fun is the name of the game. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/24/food-drink/craft-sake-week-2025-roppongi-hills/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #sake #alcohol #drinking #tokyo
Manu and Colin go Off the Grid in NZ’s ultimate foodie road trip https://www.byteseu.com/950641/ #AirTravel #FoodDrink #NewZealand #shows #Television
Dare to try crow’s meat? A restaurant in a quiet corner of Okinawa is serving up the uncanny bird and more. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/20/food-drink/lee-food-mauvaise-herbe-okinana-french-fine-dining/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #japanesecuisine #meat #chefs
Still grimacing over pickled “umeboshi” plums? Try its honeyed alternative, which also works in baked goodies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/20/food-drink/hachimitsu-umeboshi-cookies-recipe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #snacks #recipe #desserts
Eiji Daniel Akaboshi thought he was the first in his family to become a winemaker in California. But an ancestor had already beaten him to it more than a 100 years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/13/food-drink/akaboshi-ancestor-nagasawa-freeman-winery/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #wine #alcohol #drinking
Rice too pricey to be using it without a care in the world? Infusing it with some tea can lend a new dimension. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/13/food-drink/daly-food-recipe-box-fried-rice-tea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #rice #tea #recipes
Fewer farmers, changing diets, outdated agricultural policies and even an earthquake scare have contributed to price rises affecting Japanese rice. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/07/food-drink/rice-shortage-japan-reserves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #rice #food #agriculture #climatechange #heatwaves
Historic back-to-back wins at the World Pastry Cup; an unprecedented Michelin star: Forget sushi and wagyu — Japanese desserts are the country’s newest world-class cuisine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/06/food-drink/japan-desserts-pastry-coupe-du-monde/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #desserts #finedining #restaurants
"I do feel like this might actually be the moment for sake in the U.S.,” says Los Angeles’ Courtney Kaplan. “I've heard that many times before, but now I believe it." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/06/food-drink/kanpai-culture-courtney-kaplan-ototo-los-angeles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #sake #alcohol #izakaya
Whether it's purified while freezing or harvested from a mountain, top-shelf Japanese cocktail ice might be the most complex part of your favorite drink. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/03/30/food-drink/amoroso-food-ice-japan-cocktails-bartending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #bars #drinking #alcohol
With a focus on visual steps, Sachiyo Harada’s “The Complete Illustrated Guide to Japanese Cooking” takes away the guesswork from your next Japanese cooking session. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/03/30/food-drink/cookbook-illustrated-guide-to-japanese-cooking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #recipe #japanesecuisine #paris #chefs
Michelin’s latest guide for Kyoto and Osaka awards stars to 172 restaurants, including Japan’s first star for Mexican cuisine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/03/28/food-drink/michelin-kyoto-osaka-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #michelin #kyoto #osaka #finedining
For the first time, an American sake maker will export Japan’s national drink to Japan itself. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/03/28/food-drink/brooklyn-kura-sake-export-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #sake #alcohol
In this year’s Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants rankings, Japan took home the most of any country on the continent — though not the top spot overall. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/03/26/food-drink/asias-50-best-restaurants-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #restaurants #finedining #japanesecuisine
