September 14, 2023 by Alec Yoshio MacDonald, Nichi Bei News
Ayako Iino has a special connection with umeboshi. “It’s very close to my heart,” she said of the intensely sour pickled plum that has been enjoyed in Japan for centuries. […] READ MORE
August 29, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
Supposedly, the monk Dom Perignon of the Abbey of Hautvillers who is credited with creating Champagne actually was charged with removing the bubbles in still wine as the bubbles were […] READ MORE
September 19, 2013 by Nichi Bei News
It all started with the expansion of the British Empire. As they spread East and South to temperate climates, they discovered a pesky parasite in the form of Plasmodium falciparum […] READ MORE