Because June signals the arrival of the annual Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival — held this year Saturday, June 17 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Event Center at Saint Mary’s Cathedral at 1111 Gough St. (at Geary Blvd.) near San Francisco’s Japantown — get ready for your fill of all things […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Fermentation 101
August 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Whether we think about it or not, we’ve all experienced fermentation, whether it’s via imbibing my favorite breakfast, lunch or dinner grape juice-based beverage or simply pushed a little harder in the gym and experienced that muscle burn the next day. In a nutshell, fermentation simply is the biochemical process in which sugars are converted […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Memphis in May
May 26, 2016 by Leave a Comment
About two weeks ago, one of the most prestigious, if not the most prestigious, BBQ contests concluded its annual competition in Memphis, Tenn. with anywhere from 40 to 120 teams competing to produce the ultimate BBQ concoction. While categories in beef, poultry, seafood and various sauces are judged, undoubtedly the most prestigious awards are in […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Spring cleanin’
April 28, 2016 by Leave a Comment
For some reason, I decided to clean out our kitchen pantry while I was in the middle of doing our federal and state tax returns. It was probably to break away from the monotony of pencil pushin’, as well as the realization that the extra tax burden will consistently be in the four-figure range until […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Support your community
January 1, 2016 by 1 Comment
It’s that time once again, when most of us focus on changes we’ll make for the rest of the year: Spend less, weigh less, work harder, study more, be a better person and so on and so forth. Sometimes we’re successful and continue on throughout the year. Sometimes we’re not as successful and falter somewhere […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Are you nuts?
December 17, 2015 by Leave a Comment
For the record, I only act that way, but what I’m referring to here is the cornerstone of mankind’s earliest diet. Along with the occasional captured rodent and harvested fruits, nuts made up a significant part of the diet, as they are packed with calories and protein and foraging for them didn’t require an elaborate […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Ho ho ho, the mistletoe
November 19, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Growing up in the 50th, the Tatsumoto ohana (family) didn’t really get into the holiday season. For starters, to get into the spirit, it needs to be cold. Like, Seattle winds blowin’ through your jeans, duckin’ into every Eddie Bauer store to find the right size thermal underwear that you can wear right now, cold! […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Trading places
July 23, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Unrelenting heat, kids runnin’ around at all hours of the day and baseball in full swing can only mean one thing: Summer is here. And with summer comes the smell of weekend grillin’ and smokin’! Though like I’ve mentioned before, here in the 50th, we just seem to have two seasons, a really hot summer […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: The wonderful curdled soy
May 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
It’s that time of year again, the annual Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival, where you can discover the joy of soy! On top of the Soy and Tofu Dessert Competition, live musical performances and soy and tofu vendors offering free samples, you’ll probably run into the city’s reigning Cherry Blossom Queen and her court. […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Are you in a pickle?
April 2, 2015 by Leave a Comment
I’ll admit it, early on in my formative years I was in a pickle more often than not. Forging excuse notes from Mom when I was in the third grade (thinking back, it took a lot of cajones to try to imitate Mom’s immaculate cursive), smuggling unappealing food in my milk carton past the teacher […]
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