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Naturally Danny Seo Nancy Matsumoto 12/1/15 Naturally Danny Seo Nancy Matsumoto 12/1/15

Olivia On...:Olivia Roszkowski, the culinary mad scientist who uses her neuroscience background to come up with ingenious vegan ingredient substitutions.

Profile on a chef/instructor at Manhattan's Natural Gourmet Institute

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DiscoverNikkei.org Nancy Matsumoto 11/5/15 DiscoverNikkei.org Nancy Matsumoto 11/5/15

Bon Yagi: Emperor of New York's Japanese East Village, Part 1

Profile of the entrepreneur who has, over the past 30 years, shaped the East Village's Japan Town.

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DiscoverNikkei.org Nancy Matsumoto 11/5/15 DiscoverNikkei.org Nancy Matsumoto 11/5/15

Bon Yagi: Emperor of New York's Japanese East Village - Part 2

Profile of the entrepreneur who has, over the past 30 years, shaped the East Village's Japan Town.

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Civil Eats Nancy Matsumoto 10/30/15 Civil Eats Nancy Matsumoto 10/30/15

Farming to Table: Adding 'Farmer" to a Chef's Resume

How Green Table’s Mary Cleaver and her husband Ashley Hollister are working a farm into their sustainable restaurant and catering business.

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The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 10/28/15 The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 10/28/15

5 High-End Mailboxes to Match Your Home's Style

From Aesh Design’s architectural rectangle to Oakland Living’s antique mail vault, here are a variety of high-end letter boxes with price tags to match

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Medium Nancy Matsumoto 10/23/15 Medium Nancy Matsumoto 10/23/15

Master Sake Brewer Miho Imada

Making it in the man's world of craft brewing.

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Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 10/5/15 Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 10/5/15

Where, and Why, You Should be Going Out on the Upper East Side

"Let's do dinner uptown," said no one ever--until now.

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Minneapolis Star Tribune Nancy Matsumoto 10/1/15 Minneapolis Star Tribune Nancy Matsumoto 10/1/15

Sake's thousand-year-old legacy of fermentation gets an update for modern tastes

The growing number of high-quality sakes available both nationwide and in the Twin Cities makes this a good time to get familiar with sake

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DiscoverNikkei.org Nancy Matsumoto 9/29/15 DiscoverNikkei.org Nancy Matsumoto 9/29/15

A Mother's Farewell to Heart Mountain

My mother's reaction to returning to a WWII U.S. government prison camp 70 years after her release.

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The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 6/11/15 The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 6/11/15

Mark Amadei's Country Mile of Luxury

The New York restaurateur and real-estate adviser has restored a 1774 Bucks County, Pa., estate and filled it with art

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The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 6/4/15 The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 6/4/15

Brooklyn Metal Sculptor Vallessa Monk Plays With Fire

Armed with four welding machines, a plasma cutter, anvil and tools for bending, texturing and hammering, Vallessa Monk sculpts home décor from bronze and steel.

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Civil Eats Nancy Matsumoto 6/2/15 Civil Eats Nancy Matsumoto 6/2/15

A Pasture-Based Rancher is Caught in the Crosshairs

A sustainable farmer faces animal abuse charges, and fights back.

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Sake Today Nancy Matsumoto 6/1/15 Sake Today Nancy Matsumoto 6/1/15

Where to Drink Sake in New York City

My guide to the best sake bars in New York City

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Punch Nancy Matsumoto 3/12/15 Punch Nancy Matsumoto 3/12/15

The Yeast Hunters: Revitalizing Japan's Ancient Sake Tradition

At Tokyo's top agricultural university's department of brewing and fermentation, one professor's quest for flower yeasts

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Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 2/3/15 Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 2/3/15

How New York's Sake Scene Got Serious

A look at the rise in quality of jizake, or small-batch, artisanal sake in Japan, and how New Yorkers have embraces it.

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Civil Eats Nancy Matsumoto 1/29/15 Civil Eats Nancy Matsumoto 1/29/15

Maple Water: Fad or Lifeline for Forests?

The product might provide an economic incentive to keep more trees standing.

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Saveur Nancy Matsumoto 1/1/15 Saveur Nancy Matsumoto 1/1/15

Mochitsuki: Japan’s Nostalgic New Year’s Tradition

On one community in Livingston, California that still pounds New Year's mochi rice cakes the old way, and the soup they love, ozoni.

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The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 12/7/14 The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 12/7/14

Rookie Farmers Get the Dirt on How to Make It Work

Getting Schooled on How to Sprout a Farm Business

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Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 11/17/14 Edible Manhattan Nancy Matsumoto 11/17/14

Haute Cuisine for 4,700? Union Square Events Delivers

How the catering arm of Danny Meyer's corporation bring's chef techniques to special events.

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The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 9/10/14 The Wall Street Journal Nancy Matsumoto 9/10/14

A Top Chef's Special Order at Home

In the West Village of Manhattan, I visit the luxurious midcentury-modern pad of chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten

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Nancy Matsumoto is a writer and editor based in Toronto and New York City.