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Shojin ryori 精進料理 class with Chagohan Tokyo

Oct 6, 2018
4 min

Shojin ryori 精進料理 class with Chagohan Tokyo

My journey into exploring / spreading shojin ryori included this fantastic hands-on cooking class in the heart of Asakusa / Kappabashi yesterday with Chagohan Tokyo's Shojin Ryori Buddhist Cuisine class. Several years ago, I purchased the excellent shojin ryori cookbook お寺ご飯 (also translated into French) by Reverend Kakuho Aoe 青江覚峰, head priest at Ryokusenji 緑泉寺 in Asakusa. Aoe-san developed the menu for owner and culinary instructor Masa Hirano of Chagohan Tokyo, and studen

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"Five Seasons in the Kitchen: Zen-Inspired Vegan Cooking"

Jan 22, 2018
3 min

"Five Seasons in the Kitchen: Zen-Inspired Vegan Cooking"

Avital Sebbag is an N.D.LI.ac certified natural therapist, specializing in nutrition and ancient Chinese medicine. A practitioner of the Kwan Um school of Zen, Avital’s stunning cookbook “Five Seasons in the Kitchen: Zen-Inspired Vegan Cooking” exudes exquisite harmony and utter simplicity that engages all the senses. Opened with several insightful forewords explaining the essence of Zen and the connection between mind, body, and healthy food, you’ll also find a guide to the

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A gorgeous day in Kamakura

Oct 15, 2016
3 min

A gorgeous day in Kamakura

I've visited Kamakura a handful of times since arriving in Japan 10 months ago; a beautiful beach town with fantastic surfing, it's perhaps best-known for its stunning temples and enormous cast-bronze statue of Amida Buddha dating back to 1252. It's also fairly spread out, with many of its temples on opposite ends of the city. I'd previously visited Hachimangu Shrine and Komachi Dori (the main shopping street) multiple times, as well as Engakuji, Hokokuji (famous for its bamb

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The Vegetable Sushi Cookbook

Apr 14, 2016
4 min

The Vegetable Sushi Cookbook

Izumi Shoji, Japanese housewife and mother, is the hugely successful vegetarian blogger, author, and owner of the Izumi Shoji Cooking School in Tokyo. Izumi decided to become vegetarian after the birth of her daughter twenty-one years ago through a gradual transition to vegetarianism. Believing that vegetable dishes are colorful, bright, and beautiful (and more forgiving than cooking meat dishes), she started her blog in 2007 as there were no Japanese-language cookbooks on ve

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Kansha

Jun 18, 2011
3 min

Kansha

I was stationed in Japan for six months, and while there, I took four Japanese cooking classes. I purchased Kansha from Amazon Japan in December 2010, and enjoyed leafing through the many intriguing vegan recipes inspired by traditional Japanese Buddhism (because of my living arrangements in Japan, I didn’t have a kitchen in which to try out these recipes). Being vegetarian in Japan is more difficult than it sounds; nearly every Japanese dish (with the exception of shojin ryo

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