Osechi: Shopping for Osechi Vegetables at Kyoto Wholesale Food Market

December 31, 2008 4 Comments

This entry is part 3 of 8 in the series O-shogatsu Ryori

Japanese New Year’s Osechi Ryori: Shopping for Vegetables at Kyoto Wholesale Food Market with Kichisen Owner Yoshimi Tanigawa

At Kichisen, they start shopping for ingredients for osechi in July. Most all shopping is done at the Kyoto Central Wholesale Market. After ordering seafood, Kichisen master Tanigawa heads over…

Osechi: Shopping for Osechi Fish at Kyoto Wholesale Food Market

December 30, 2008 8 Comments

This entry is part 5 of 8 in the series O-shogatsu Ryori

Japanese New Year’s Osechi Ryori: Shopping for Fish at Kyoto Wholesale Food Market with Kichisen Owner Yoshimi Tanigawa

At Kichisen, they start shopping for ingredients for osechi in July. Most all shopping is done at the Kyoto Central Wholesale Market. Every morning, before shopping though is a visit…

Osechi: What is Osechi Ryori?

December 29, 2008 5 Comments

This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series O-shogatsu Ryori

Kichisen Osechi: What is Osechi Ryori? 京都吉泉おせち料理

Japanese New Year’s, or O-shogatsu is a celebration with ancient roots and perhaps the most prominent aspect of it is food and drink. Osechi ryori, or New Year’s cuisine is preserved food and is intended to last for several…

Osechi: Kyoto Kichisen Master Chef Yoshimi Tanigawa

December 29, 2008 6 Comments

This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series O-shogatsu Ryori

Kyoto Kichisen Master Chef Yoshimi Tanigawa 京都吉泉谷河吉巳

Yoshimi Tanigawa is an inspired master of Kyoto cuisine who has dedicated his life to food as an art and near spiritual experience. He teaches his students both taste and discipline. He creates pure Kyoto cuisine, without the excessive decoration…

Chinmi: How to Make Shiokara

December 27, 2008 12 Comments

Chinmi: How to Make Shiokara 珍味: 塩辛の作り方

Shiokara is made of salted squid semi-fermented in its own guts and is a kind of chinmi, literally ‘rare taste’. Japanese like shiokara on rice or with sake. Shiokara is one taste that you might want to miss when you visit Japan, but we show how to make it in this…

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