It snowed in Tokyo this week. Talking about fermentation, now is the best time to make “miso” (soy bean paste) indispensable to Japanese daily meals. By fermenting boiled beans very slowly in this cold weather, you will get a richer taste.

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Today in a balmy weather perfect for starting something new for this year, I visited my friend from South India with a pot of a young curry leaf tree.

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On July 5^th, I completed the ten months Instructor Course at Kitchen Studio Paisley, an Indian Cooking School in Mitaka, Tokyo run by Ms. Kaoru Katori. On that day, I cooked three dishes for the practical exam and the photo shows one of them of my original recipe: “Plum Viewing Curry”.

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