第一 Japanese Peach-Sake Jam
First, a word about Japanese peaches 白桃 (hakutō): amazing. They are typically about the size of my fist, with pure wine-white flesh and bright pink skin. They are sweeter and juicier than any other peach you may ever taste; eating one usually results in pure ecstasy, accompanied by a vast pool of [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Three Summer Recipes ３つの夏レシピー
Posted in Parties, Festivals, and Holidays, Recipes on Thursday, August 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »
The Insular Summer 島国根性の夏
Posted in Drawings on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I really like their pants.
Sapporo is Food 札幌と言えば、郷土料理
Posted in Food, Restaurants, Travel on Monday, August 20, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Most of the time, when I tell Japanese people what state I’m from, they look at me with a cocked head or a confused squint. To explain, I usually say that Wisconsin is like the Hokkaido of America: just about as north as the country gets, aggressively cold in the winter, full of relatively unspoiled [...]
Sapporo is Beer 札幌は、麦酒
Posted in Drink, Restaurants, Travel on Monday, August 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
But it isn’t just Sapporo Beer.
I am a beer geek. I’ve discussed this is previous posts, occasionally at length. When I travel, I tend to plan my itineraries around trips to breweries and bottle shops, meticulously plotting out marathon bar crawls just to find that Rodenbach on tap, that Yona Yona on cask, or any [...]
