Against big odds, Niki Nakayama is one of the few elite American practitioners of kaiseki, considered the apex of Japanese cuisine. Plus: the stories of women who are keeping alive family memories of the Japanese-American internment camps. Also, a visit with a women-owned seaweed farm in the Bay Area.
Niki Nakayama, “memory keepers,” and Mori Onodera’s return
Niki Nakayama is one of the few elite American practitioners of kaiseki, considered the apex of Japanese cuisine. Photo credit: Zen Sekizawa
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