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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Steve Trautlein</title>
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		<title>Shopping tips from the Costco queen</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/09/26/food/shopping-tips-from-the-costco-queen/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=shopping-tips-from-the-costco-queen</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[b-kyu gourmet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk about a crazy idea: A big-box American retailer seeks to enter a market where customers value precision and sophistication in their shopping experience. ]]></description>
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		<title>The ramen burger that ate New York</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 14:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[b-kyu gourmet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Keizo Shimamoto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s too early to tell if Aug. 3, 2013, will go down as a landmark date in culinary history, but for the hundreds of people who lined up that morning at a food fair in Brooklyn, New York, the excitement was palpable. The crowds had braved steady rain for a chance to try the ramen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A nostalgic nibble on lasting favorites</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[b-kyu gourmet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-kyu gurume]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese cuisine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Japanese families return to their hometowns for the traditional summer holidays, cries of "Atsui!" ("Hot enough for ya?!") give way to feelings of natsukashii — a sense of nostalgia triggered by the sights, sounds and tastes of childhood.]]></description>
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		<title>Cheap or fancy Chinatown feasts</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/06/28/food/cheap-or-fancy-chinatown-feasts/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=cheap-or-fancy-chinatown-feasts</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chinatown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese cuisine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dining doesn&#8217;t get more democratic than in Yokohama&#8217;s Chinatown, where visitors can spend big bucks on a single meal or fill up on steamed buns for a single coin. Here&#8217;s a personal guide to some notable dishes; in the spirit of the neighborhood, there&#8217;s a selection to suit all tastes and budgets. Hand-cut noodles at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chomp your way through spring</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Japanese cuisine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no surprise that the Japanese get serious about eating and drinking come late spring, as yatai food carts roll out, a bevy of fresh vegetables appear on restaurant menus and the annual festival season begins to heat up. This year is no different, with offerings that include a fried-chicken collaboration, a sweet cherry promotion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chains that bring local dishes to you</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cochin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nagoya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanuki udon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tebasaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Udon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yakitori]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Japan's comprehensive network of bullet trains and regional airports, it's easy for the culinary adventurer to sample local specialties at their point of origin. ]]></description>
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		<title>Running with the ramen hunters</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/03/22/food/running-with-the-ramen-hunters/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=running-with-the-ramen-hunters</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ramen is to Japanese food as school-girl uniforms are to porn &#8212; the animating fetish that sustains an entire industry. Helping to scratch the noodle itch is an army of bloggers whose dispatches are consumed with voyeuristic glee. The numbers are against them &#8212; with a ramen shop on nearly every street corner, even the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foodie Media 101: Eat all about it</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/02/22/food/foodie-media-101-eat-all-about-it/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=foodie-media-101-eat-all-about-it</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[b-kyu gourmet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[b-kyu gurume]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Everyman Eats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese TV]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every Monday night at 7, Japanese TV viewers are treated to the sight of comedians being locked inside a fast-food restaurant. Formica tables take the place of iron bars, and instead of three square meals a day the cast is fed a steady diet of the shop&#8217;s specialties — tonkatsu breaded pork cutlets, donburi rice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snacking on squid guts and soybeans</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/01/25/food/snacking-on-squid-guts-and-soybeans/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=snacking-on-squid-guts-and-soybeans</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[izakaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japanese snacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nihonshu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[otsumame]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doritos and Budweiser, canapes and Champagne, jamon and Tempranillo — when it comes to happy hour, everyone has their favorite combination of booze and umami-infused treats. ]]></description>
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		<title>White paper chronicles rise of ramen worldwide</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/01/16/national/white-paper-chronicles-rise-of-ramen-worldwide/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=white-paper-chronicles-rise-of-ramen-worldwide</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ramen&#8217;s rise to global prominence has taken many forms: Japanese noodle shops debuting to great acclaim overseas, from Sydney to Honolulu to London; the proliferation of English-language ramen blogs; international chefs incorporating elements of the dish into their cuisine. Now, the worldwide interest in ramen has been captured in an official study. Yahoo Japan, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overseas restaurants set up shop in Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2013/01/11/food/overseas-restaurants-set-up-shop-in-japan/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=overseas-restaurants-set-up-shop-in-japan</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call it the Pancake Revolution. During the past five years, Japanese diners have become enamored with inventive takes on classic Western breakfast dishes. Unlike many homegrown culinary trends, though, this movement is being driven by big-name chefs and dining groups arriving from overseas with their sensibilities &#8212; and menus &#8212; intact. The emergence of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food festivals: all yesterday&#8217;s parties</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 00:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best of 2012 The inaugural Tama Geta Shoku no Saiten in Hachioji offered locavores a chance to sample the creative cuisine of western Tokyo. Thirty vendors showed off dishes such as motsu yaki-udon, a bowl of beef tripe and noodles from the town of Mizuho in Nishitama, and the &#8220;Tokyo-X&#8221; hot dog, a mammoth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the ambassadors</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In these times of economic hardship and political tension, the Yahoo! Japan Ramen project proves that a humble noodle can help bring people together. The project, launched this summer with the goal of promoting ramen around the world, has completed its first phase: selecting nine Japan-based foreigners who, over the coming months, will spread the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s white-collar feeding grounds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Forget izakaya, soba restaurants and divey Chinese eateries &#8212; if you really want to see salarymen in mass munching mode, catch them in their natural habitat at the office shokud&#333; (cafeteria), where colleagues rub shoulders daily over a tray of freshly made rations. Besides delivering sustenance to the world&#8217;s busiest worker bees, the spots featured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women &#8212; the essential B-ky&#363; ingredient</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 00:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most welcome things about the B-ky&#363; gurume (B-grade gourmet) boom is that it&#8217;s rescued dishes such as ramen and katsudon from the clutches of salarymen. The down-home cooking that constitutes the bulk of the B-ky&#363; menu is now widely appreciated as an expression of local tastes and culinary traditions. It&#8217;s not surprising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diversifying Japan&#8217;s biggest food festival</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2012/09/28/food/diversifying-japans-biggest-food-festival/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=diversifying-japans-biggest-food-festival</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From its origins as a regional festival in the backwaters of Aomori Prefecture, the B-1 Grand Prix has attained a status of Fuji Rock-like proportions. The seven-year-old event, which attracts enthusiasts of local cooking from around Japan, almost single-handedly kick-started the country&#8217;s obsession with B-kyu gurume (B-grade gourmet). The last two editions, in Kanagawa and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to ramen land</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When I heard that ramen had become popular in my hometown a few years ago, I can&#8217;t say I was surprised. We New Yorkers, after all, consider ourselves aficionados of down-home, stick-to-the-ribs cooking. Hot-dog carts, takeout Chinese joints, 24-hour delis and hole-in-the-wall falafel shops all help fuel our around-the-clock lifestyle. Ramen fits right into this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The chow-down tour of Kanto&#8217;s local dishes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This month&#8217;s Everyman Eats column brings you popular culinary affordable oddities from Tokyo and its surrounding prefectures &#8212; served with a dash of local culture. Tokyo Any food-inspired map of Kanto will have a big fat star over Tokyo&#8217;s Tsukishima district, an enclave of eateries devoted to a single dish: monja-yaki. The 70-odd restaurants along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How cheap cuisine can save your town</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Shigeru Tamura looks remarkably trim for someone whose hobby is eating fried noodles. Over a lunch at a yakisoba restaurant on the backstreets of Tokyo&#8217;s Shibuya Ward, the 49-year-old author and law professor admits he dines out as often as twice a day. Then he pushes aside his plate of noodles and pulls a digital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digging in: the rise of B-ky&#363; gurume</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyman Eats is a new column about the phenomenon of B-ky&#363; gurume (B-grade gourmet) &#8212; inexpensive, down-home cooking that reflects local culinary traditions. This first installment considers 10 moments that helped shape the recent B-ky&#363; boom. Ramen hits the big screen (1985) Director Juzo Itami&#8217;s award-winning comedy &#8220;Tampopo&#8221; premiered during a national craze for Ogikubo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweet somethings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Japanese guys have it pretty sweet when it comes to Valentine&#8217;s Day. Unlike their cousins overseas, they don&#8217;t have to worry about sending roses or booking a table at a fancy restaurant &#8212; or, for that matter, even marking their calendars for Feb. 14. Instead, the burden falls on their girlfriends to present them with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A taste of home: Life after National Azabu</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Trautlein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask local expats what they miss most from their homelands, and they might tell you about Fig Newton cookies (Americans), Shreddies breakfast cereal (Brits), fresh coriander (Thais) or morning congee (Chinese). In other words, an authentic taste of home. That&#8217;s what Tokyo&#8217;s National Azabu supermarket offered since opening in 1962. So when news broke that [...]]]></description>
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