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.
My Kokoro Care Packages Sake and Snack Pairing Adventure
Some of you may know that I cannot consume large quantities of alcohol in one sitting (bad things have been known to happen). So it took me many months come up with the final 21 pairings. But I learned so much and had a lot of fun.
Genki Ito: Building Tippsy, America’s Largest Online Sake Retailer
Tippsy has grown to a staff of more than 15, which operates out of a 5,000-square-foot warehouse space in Carson, south of Los Angeles.
Sake Lovers: Yuki Imanishi and Kyoko Nagano Build Bridges Between Japanese Sake and Foreign Buyers
“We have so many sake retailers here in Japan and sites that introduce sake to Japanese people, plus online retail sites like Rakuten and Amazon. But a lot of expats don’t know where to find good sake.”