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Food Matters The original Japanese Culture & Cuisine was featured in the FOOD MATTERS column of the Salt Lake City Weekly on November 1, 2001. The archives are no longer available online, so we have reprinted the column below: FOOD MATTERS If you are interested in learning more about Japanese cuisine, sushi and the etiquette of dining at sushi bars and in Japanese restaurants, check out a web site called Savorys by Shenanchie. Sometimes the best things are to be found right under our noses or in our own backyards. "Savorys by Shenanchie" is a food-related site created by a Bountiful woman named Deborah O'Toole (Shenanchie).
It's an eclectic website with information and recipes from around the world. There are pages devoted to the cooking of Greece, Mexico, Wales, Ireland and Russia, just to name a few. Why, there are even recipes for "Foofer" food. Foofer is the name of Debby's dog. Click on the Japan page of "Savories by Shenanchie" and you'll find all sorts of helpful advice and information, including how to eat with chopsticks, tables setting and etiquette in Japan, an explanation of sake, Japanese recipes (including a good one for Gyoza), and a useful glossary of Japanese words. There's also a list of Debby's favorite Japanese restaurants in Salt Lake and even a "sake temperature index" that explains terms having to do with serving sake. Jouon is room temperature for instance, and reishu is chilled. And if you'd like to greet your sushi chef in Japanese the next time you visit your favorite sushi bar, "Savories by Shenanchie" can help you there as well. For example, the next time you dine at Mikado you may want to learn the phrase, "dono gurai?" which means, "How long?" And it would be polite to thank your sushi chef after an enjoyable meal by saying, "Doumo arigatou gozaimasu," which translates into "Thank you very much." So until next week, "Gambatte kudasai!" Good luck! Quote of the Week: The artichoke is a trick vegetable (re: Groucho Marx). Tune in to Sound Bites with Ted, Thursdays on KSL News Radio 1160 and Sound Bites Weekend, Saturday afternoons from 3 to 4 p.m. E-mail: teds@xmission.com, fax 435-655-3921 or write P.O. Box 980156, Park City, UT 84098 .
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