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November 24, 2010
Happy Hour: Dolores’ Huerto
Thanksgiving has long been the source of mixed emotions for me. On one hand it’s a day when I can unleash my monster appetite without abandon. I love to eat, and I love to eat well. Yet on the other hand I consider myself a person of conscience, and Thanksgiving is a yearly reminder of […]
November 18, 2010
Modern Kaiseki: 10 Chefs/10 Courses
The Gohan Society is a non-profit organization bridging together US and Japan through food. Their programs are quite intricate and very educational. For example, they had a series on “how to use fish” courses, targeted to professional chefs, from filleting the whole fish to fresh eel butchering to ike-jime. The students, from Wilie Dufresne (WD […]
November 17, 2010
Happy Hour: Gin Gin Sour
I recently read an article by Gary Regan about a couple of modern cocktails he predicts will eventually become classics, and it made me think about exactly what makes a cocktail a classic. The answer may seem fairly obvious in that it just needs to taste awesome, but I’ve had many newly created cocktails that […]
November 16, 2010
UMAMIMART SHOP NOW OPEN!
It’s here. Please enjoy. When trying to figure out a name for the blog 3+ years ago, somewhere in the back of my mind I must have known I wanted this to really truly be a MART. It’s surreal that it’s actually happening. Love for all Umamimart writers and readers for making this space what […]
November 10, 2010
Happy Hour: The V.O.C.
Last night I visited Vandaag (Dutch for “today”), a new Dutch themed restaurant in the East Village which I had been hearing lots of good things about, including a 2 star review by Sam Sifton of the NY Times. Though I knew the food would be good, my interest was of course piqued by their […]
November 3, 2010
Happy Hour: Rikuo Cocktail
Sometimes I hear or read about something while going about my every day business and it inspires me to hit my liquor cabinet and create something. Sometimes it’s the other way around, where I’m playing around with different spirits and ingredients and I come across a combination I really enjoy. In the case of the […]
November 2, 2010
Letter From The Editor: The Umamimart Shop
Wow, November certainly snuck up on us, did it not? The sunlight is orange over here in the Bay Area (like the color of the World Series champs, maybe?); the air a bit crisper. The leaves are finally turning color. Amber! Crimson! Gold! Ah, Autumn in full bloom. But no time for sighs. There is […]
October 29, 2010
Chicken Kill: A Rite of Passage to Carnivorism
By Kayoko Akabori Photos by Erin Gleeson I met Erin in 1998. We were both freshmen at UC Santa Barbara, and I was immediately drawn to her warmth, and soft spoken, laid-back ease. She is the epitome of a California Girl, and for as long as I had known her, she was a vegetarian. She […]
Upcoming Event PSA: Japanese Knives are THE BEST (NYC)
Chef Says: Japanese Knives are the BEST Tuesday, November 9, 6:30 pm Japan Society NYC We all know Japanese knives rock. Once you start using them, you will never go back to Henckels, Wüshtoff, or even Global, a fellow Japanese maker of mass-produced knives. Do you know why? Because we used to kill humans with the same […]
October 27, 2010
Happy Hour: Blood and Tears
Halloween’s only a few days away and many of you still haven’t bought or made your costume, or worst yet, haven’t even figured out what you’ll be dressing up as. Unfortunately I can’t help you in that department. However where I can be of assistance is in figuring out what to serve at your party–or […]