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A behind-the-scene look at “Family Ingredients”

By On June 22, 2016

“This is our first soba encounter!” That’s how we started the first morning of shooting “Family Ingredients” in the first soba shop in Okinawa last April. Chef Ed Kenney, the playful host… Read More

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#CatEats: Mud Hen Water in Kaimukī

By On July 3, 2015

Back in April, I got to tag along with the production crew for the Emmy Award-winning food genealogy show, “Family Ingredients” (@familyingredients), to Okinawa in a search for delicious dishes. (Yeah, tough… Read More

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#CatTravels: The journey to find Junichi

By On April 27, 2015

Sometimes you don’t know the story until you get there. In that case, “there” was Okinawa. Last week I tagged along with the crew of “Family Ingredients,” the locally produced, Emmy Award-winning… Read More

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#CatTravels: It’s all about the food in Okinawa

By On April 21, 2015

I’ve eaten all over Japan and nothing — nothing — compares to Okinawan food. The food in this southernmost prefecture is a reflection of its cultural diversity, distance from Japan and complicated history. The… Read More

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#CatTravels: Heading to Okinawa

By On April 17, 2015

No, I’m not Okinawan. I say this because I’m asked it all the time. And I’m not really sure why. (I do love my taco rice and soki soba…) Maybe it has… Read More