Shrink in the Kitchen

The U.S. today released new nutrition guidelines today.  Bad news for people who have other people cook most meals for them in cafeterias, nursing homes, through take-out, from prepared deli items in the supermarket, from fancy food in gourmet shops, …

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Imagine my surprise on Sunday, less than 24 hours after returning to Earth, to discover: Sakanaya.  Located on a small side street in Allston.  Being in this fish store, which opened only a week prior, was like being back …

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Nick to Nam.

After breakfast in the room, the city below not yet aglow, we cabbed the short 710 Yen to Tokyo Eke and N boarded the train to Narita.  I thought of course of other fathers and sons parting …

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Early A.M. meeting with prominent boss who is pushing upscale ryokans followed by a spectacular lunch at Butagami: “The Pork Gang.”  If you know a better tonkatsu joint, tell me, I’m all ears.  Butagami, on this my third visit, was …

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