cooking japanese @ wabi+sabi+ kitchen

Have you ever wished you knew what a lot of those confusing looking ingredients sitting on Japanese supermarket shelves were? And have you ever wished you knew how to cook healthy dishes with them? Well this is the place to go to learn how to cook healthy, well-balanced dishes using Japanese food ingredients at home. Not only you’ll acquire a whole new variety of tasty dishes, you will learn a lot of Japanese tradition thru our food culture. Come and join us!

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

++My Background++

+Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan.
+Attended Nishimachi International School from kindergarten up to 8th grade
+Attended St. Maur International School from 9th grade up to 12th grade
+After graduating from Sophia University, Dept. of Comparative Culture, started working at an advertising agency.
+Worked as an account executive for 4.5 years, transferred to creative department to work as TV commercial producer for 4.5 years.
+After leaving the agency, discovered passion for Japanese culture and tradition to go back to studying at Kyoto University of Art and Design (Dept. of Japanese Historical Heritage)

+Likes (actually LOVES): cooking, Japanese culture (anything to do with our tradition!), organic food & living, eating, nature, pottery-making (alot of the tableware we use are my works), handworks, carpentry, photography, knitting, sewing, engraving, crafts, bonsai, etc

+Dislikes: mass produce, artificial things, things that prioritize only convenience...what else?? Oh yes...fruit...I don’t do so well….sorry!

Visit my other blog to learn more about me and my cooking! (My recent postings have been in Japanese but the earlier ones are in both English and Japanese)

posted by Kaori @ 1:19 AM