Being A Vegan Is A First-world Phenomenon,

I'm Sure One Of The Frustrations Of Being A Western Enthusiast Of Japanese Food And Culture Is You're Confronted Every Day With The Absolute Certainty That You Will Die Ignorant.

I Think There's A Tendency To Over-jack And Over-umami Food These Days.

We Learn As Professionals By Repetition, By Getting It Wrong, Getting Yelled At And Doing It Again.

The Cooking Profession, While It's A Noble Craft And A Noble Calling, 'cause You're Doing Something Useful - You're Feeding People, You're Nurturing Them, You're Providing Sustenance - It Was Never Pure.

As Americans, We Tend To Look At Mexican Food As Nachos, Which Is Not Mexican Food Really - They Don't Eat Them.