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The Coolest Umeboshi Poem in the World
. . All the Difficult Hours and Minutes by Jane Hirshfield . All the difficult hours and minutes are like salted plums in a jar. Wrinkled, turned steeply into themselves, they mutter something the...
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Big List of Recipes From Past SF Chronicle Essays
For some unexplainable reason, I haven’t been linking my articles from the SF Chronicle here, so I thought I would remedy that while it’s still forefront in this aging brain of mine. I’ll try to be...
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Come Taste Some Matcha at the Remodelista Holiday Market
. I’ll be sieving and frothing up all three grades of Breakaway Matcha this coming Sunday, as part of the Remodelista holiday market in Mill Valley (just north of SF). If you’re around, come taste...
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The first official matcha pouring yesterday at the Remodelista event was a blast. So gratifying to see so many instant converts! I finally got around to making a quick video on how I make matcha. Since...
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A Cookbook To Help Japan
. The project I mentioned the other day, an e-cookbook focusing on Japanese-inspired dishes, is finally live at KeepRecipes.com. I’ve contributed a bunch of recipes, as has Mark Bittman, Morimoto,...
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Matcha and Radiation Fears
. This photo is one of the tea fields from Nishio, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, where our top matcha, Breakaway Blend 100, is produced. The bamboo scaffolding and black netting on top are there to shade...
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World-Class Wine, World-Class Matcha. Cooking Wine, Cooking Matcha
Drinking world-class matcha is SO much like drinking a truly great wine. Forget the health benefits of either for a moment, and let’s just concentrate on taste. World-class matcha — and yes, I do...
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What the Hell is Wabi Sabi, Anyway?
What the hell is wabi sabi? Regular readers of this space have heard the Japanese term wabi sabi before, and it even feels like the term is headed toward that elite group of Japanese words that...
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Matcha and Caffeine
One of the most common questions we get is, “how much caffeine does matcha have?” Matcha contains roughly 25mg of caffeine, which is approximately one-third the caffeine of a cup of brewed coffee....
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Matcha and Chocolate Tasting at TCHO SF, September 24, 5pm
Artisanal matcha is one of those drinks that’s best imbibed on its own; most foods just interfere with and often obviate the delicate umami and acid structures of the tea. Matcha is almost like a food...
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