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Food & Drink | NATURE'S PANTRY Jul 29, 2014

Meet the artisan family striving for a better fish flake

by Nancy Singleton Hachisu

The local train bound for Yamakawa bucked and buckled down the coast, jouncing us until our teeth rattled, and Yamakawa was so dinky we had to walk across the train tracks to exit the station. The taxi took us through a confusing rabbit warren ...

Food & Drink | NATURE'S PANTRY Apr 29, 2014

A natural miso and soy factory that is always full of beans

by Nancy Singleton Hachisu

Although rice is certainly the king of Japanese food, soybeans are the queen. Small makers of miso, soy sauce and tofu dot the landscape of Japan, but blink once and you will notice that the local shops are closing up as supermarket culture takes ...