Rice, Water, Earth: Notes on Sake
These posts are the continuation of my thoughts and reporting on sake for the James Beard award-winning Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake, which I co-wrote with sake sommelier and Sake Samurai Michael Tremblay.
Keita Akaboshi: Pairing Sake with Japanese Convenience Store Sweets and Snacks
“There is no one correct pairing for a sake, each pairing is merely one proposal.”
—Keita Akaboshi, Tokyo sake sommelier
In Search of the Hangover-less Drinking Session
“The first thing we noticed on the table was a handsome gourd-shaped ironware dish, filled with five triangular pills, exactly the number of people in our party. They looked like some sort of medicine, or maybe an herbal supplement.”