fooduniversity.org Go This Way This is the final entry in our series on eel. We hope that our readers have found the information interesting and, if they have not already done so, are now motivated to explore the pleasures that this dish has to offer. In Japan, the most obvious place to conduct this gastronomic … Continue reading Eel: The Editorial
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The Eel Abroad, Part 2
fooduniversity.org Spearing Eels, Winslow Homer In this penultimate posting in our series on eel, we make a sharp departure from the foci of this blog--Japanese drinks and, to a lesser extent, food pairings for those beverages. All will be made clear in the final entry. The Dictionary of Historical Slang has an entry for the … Continue reading The Eel Abroad, Part 2
The Eel Abroad, Part 1
fooduniversity.org This is the sixth entry in our series on eel. Here, we leave Japan briefly and look at how eel is and was consumed overseas. Many Japanese believe that eel is not eaten overseas. Nothing could be further from the truth. Calvin W. Schwabe (see the first entry in this series) lists a number … Continue reading The Eel Abroad, Part 1
Eel-and-Beverage Pairings
fooduniversity.org This is the fifth entry in our series on eels. Here we briefly consider two beverages that are thought to go well with Unagi no Kabayaki—nihon-shu and beer. There are some rules,…or guidelines,…or, wait a minute,...perhaps the best word to use here is suggestions as to what drinks complement which foods. A common assumption … Continue reading Eel-and-Beverage Pairings
By-Product and Must-Buy-Product
fooduniversity.org The Frog and the Eel, Haiku Meets Haute Cuisine This is the fourth installment of our series on eel. Unagipie A successful by-product of the eel business in Hamamatsu is unagipie. This is a cookie-like confection that has become a must-buy-product for many visitors to the city. It is made by Shunkado, which was … Continue reading By-Product and Must-Buy-Product
The Eel and Its Royal Retinue
fooduniversity.org His Majesty, the Eel This is the third installment in our series on eels. This week we take a look at some things associated with the eating of eels. Whenever we discuss eels as they are prepared and served in Japan, it will refer to Unagi no Kabayaki. Peekaboo Eel If a hot dog … Continue reading The Eel and Its Royal Retinue
Hamamatsu and His Highness the Eel: Geography
fooduniversity.org As we saw in the first installment of this series, in Japan eel is almost exclusively prepared in the Kabayaki style and is closely associated with summer. Geographically speaking, it has very strong links to Hamamatsu, a city in Shizuoka Prefecture. From a gastronomic perspective, there is much that can be said about the … Continue reading Hamamatsu and His Highness the Eel: Geography
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