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Osechi: The Japanese New Year Feast
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50 minutes
Released:
Dec 14, 2020
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"Our guest is Lucy Seligman who is the author of the fabulous cookbook “The Wonderful World of Osechi: Japanese New Year’s Recipes”.New Year is a huge deal for Japanese people. It is foremost the biggest holiday of the year, which is an equivalent of Thanksgiving and Christmas combined in terms of the cultural importance. There are many kinds of special food involved in the Japanese New Year celebration and each has interesting cultural implications. In this episode, we will discuss all about Japanese New Year’s feast along with Lucy’s very intriguing life in Japan as a restaurant critic and writer!"Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit podcast network. Support Japan Eats by becoming a member!Japan Eats is Powered by Simplecast.
Released:
Dec 14, 2020
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Podcast episode
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