Chie Inamoto decided to become a chef to challenge the widespread view that sushi made by women just isn't as good as that made by men. Inamoto, 47, manages an outlet of the Isomaru seafood chain in Atami, the famous hot spring resort in Shizuoka ...
Award-winning chef Roy Yamaguchi wants to showcase the modern Hawaiian cuisine he helped pioneer more than 20 years ago and to share the spotlight with the next generation of chefs. The Tokyo native, who is based in Hawaii, is known for his blending of classic ...
A Japanese chef at an established restaurant in Kyoto serving traditional cuisine says people in Europe seem to be having more and more opportunities to eat Japanese food. It is what Yoshihiro Takahashi, a 40-year-old chef at Hyotei, felt when he took part in the ...
Kei Kitagawa works from 10 a.m. to the small hours of the night in a northern Italian restaurant, often not even taking his single day off of the week. But the long hours have in no way put the 25-year-old off. "I'm happy just to ...
Eiichi Takahashi, 74, was recently designated as a part of Kyoto's intangible cultural heritage as the 14th generation owner and head chef of Hyotei, a restaurant steeped in traditional Japanese cuisine with a history dating back more than 400 years. "Do not tinker too much ...
By leading the Japan team to a medal in the Bocuse d'Or cooking competition in late January, chef Noriyuki Hamada realized a long-cherished dream shared by his compatriots by showcasing what he calls "Japan's original French cuisine." "This is certainly not the end of my ...
"Never fight a war with Chinese people, because we would lose," Yoshiko Tatsumi sternly warned, "with absolute certainty," a 40-strong group of mostly middle-aged women gathered recently in her spacious three-story residence set in gardens in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. "What we eat today is no ...
