Donabe Story on Cook's Gazette

The latest issue (Issue 10) of a popular culinary website, Cook's Gazette, is all about Japanese food and its culture. And, they have a special article about DONABE. It's a wonderful story featuring our donabe, Nagatani-en, and myself. Please check it out!

Happy donabe life.

Our Iga-yaki Donabe and Pottery on Food & Wine Magazine

I was so happy to see the latest (April 2017) issue of Food & Wine Magazine, because my friends, Kyle & Katina, and their restaurant, Single Thread Farms, are featured!

It's an extensive 8-page article, and many of our Iga-yaki donabe, including a full-page color photo of tagline-style donabe, Fukkura-san, and Katakuchi Ring Sake Pourer are beautifully featured!


Also, my DONABE Cookbook was selected in Serious Eats' Kitchen Essentials as one of the cookbooks they love! Yay.

Happy donabe life.

Donabe egg recipes for Lucky Peach's All About Eggs

It was my honor to contribute Japanese egg recipes for All About Eggs Cookbook by Rachel Khong/ Lucky Peach!

I wrote Chawanmushi (savory custard) and TKG-TamagoKakeGohan (raw egg over rice) stories/recipes for the book. Chawanmushi is perfect to cook in donabe steamer, Mushi Nabe, and TKG is definitely great when the rice is cooked in double-lid donabe rice cooker, Kamado-san.

Besides my recipes, the book features all the essential information about egg cookery and recipes from different cultures. So, I hope you will check it out.


I was invited to the book launch party in LA the other day.


It was great to see Rachel and others. Great book!

Naoko is featured in Ryori Tsushin (The Cuisine Magazine)

Just got a copy of Ryori Tsushin, The Cuisine Magazine, February 2017 issue. There's a 2-page story about me.

I'm honored to be featured in this prestigious culinary magazine in Japan!

Happy donabe life.

Naoko's Donabe Recipes on Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop

Please check out the wonderful article about my donabe cooking and recipes on Goop, curated by Gwyneth Paltrow!


I contributed two different donabe recipes for them. There are also Goop editors' donabe recipes inspired my donabe cooking. Thank you so much!

Happy donabe life.

Our Hakeme Donabe on Epicurious Gift Guide 2016!

Our Classic-style donabe, "Hakeme", is selected in Epicurious's Gift Guide 2016: Editors' Picks.


It's one of 11 "coolest culinary gifts of the year"! Happy donabe life.

Our Donabe and Naoko on Single Thread Farms' Video Trailer

The video trailer of Chef Kyle Connaughton's Single Thread Farms-Restaurant-Inn is just out!

Our donabe, Iga, and myself are featured in the video. It's very short but such a beautiful visual story of the restaurant's opening. So, please check it out. Happy donabe life.

SingleThread Farms-Restaurant-Inn from SingleThread Farms on Vimeo.

Our Donabe on Art Culinaire

Our donabe products are featured in the current issue of Art Culinaire, a highly prestigious culinary magazine for professional chefs in the world!


It's a special feature of almost 20 full pages about Chef Kyle Connaughton and his restaurant, Single Thread, including many gorgeous donabe recipes. Thank you, Kyle and Art Culinaire!

Happy Donabe Life.

Donabe Article and Naoko's Interview on NHK WORLD!

Please check out the special features about donabe cooking on NHK WORLD!


It's titled, Cooking with Donabe, Japanese Clay Pot. The article covers donabe cooking (information from my DONABE Cookbook) and my interview. Thank you, NHK!

Happy donabe life.

Our donabe on San Francisco Chronicle and Goop

They both came out on the same day, October 31...thank you so much!


San Francisco Chronicle

Naoko's interview and recipe are featured on San Francisco Chronicle. Please check out the wonderful article titled, The Japanese Art of Donabe Cooking.


Goop

Our donabe and Chef Tim Hollingsworth (Otium)'s home donabe recipes are introduced on Goop, curated by Gwyneth Paltrow. You can try chef-style donabe recipes at home!

DONABE Article on Essen & Trinken

Naoko's debut on Essen & Trinken, the most popular food magazine in Germany!


3-page article about donabe cooking and Naoko's interview about donabe cooking, cookbook, etc. Donabe is going international! Unfortunately, I can't read German, so I don't understand the full article, but I'm sure it's a good article and I'm very happy!

Happy donabe life.

DONABE is nominated for 2016 IACP Cookbook Awards!

Photo from IACP Facebook

My first cookbook, DONABE - Classic and Modern Japanese Clay Pot Cooking is nominated for 2016 IACP (international Association of Culinary Professionals) Cookbook Awards in the International category. This highly competitive category has only 4 nominees and DONABE is in this short list! Autographed copy of DONABE Cookbook is available here.

Here's the link to EATER.com's news about the IACP nominations.

The winner will be announced on April 3 in LA.
I'm sooo excited!

Our Movie, "CRAFTED" Won TASTE Awards!

The movie, "Crafted", directed by Morgan Spurlock, featuring the Iga-yaki donabe producer family Nagatani-en has won the Best Documentary/ Short Film at this years The Taste Awards!! It was my honor to be part of the project; I coordinated the filming at Nagatani-en in Iga, Japan. You can now watch the film on Amazon Prime. http://amzn.com/B00ZKPHOAY (Photo by Kyle Connaughton)

Naoko's Donabe Article on FOOD52!

I wrote a  story about donabe smoker, “Ibushi Gin” and it is on a popular gourmet & recipe website, FOOD52, along with a donabe smoked duck recipe from my DONABE Cookbook! As soon as the article came out, Ibushi Gin got sold out (again!), but it’s expected to restocked in April. Please email us from toiro kitchen's website if you would like to be on a waiting list. Thank you!

The Japanese Tool Essential for Smoking at Home

Story about Nagatani-en's donabe and donabe cooking on Japan Times!

Nagatani-en, in Iga, Japan (photo by Japan Times)

Great story about donabe cooking and culture on Japan Times. This is from the trip I organized for the photoshoot for DONABE Cookbook, and the article shares the donabe dining experience with the family at Nagatani-en and also introduces my DONABE Cookbook!

Japan Times is the largest English-language newspaper in Japan and there are subscribers (including online) all over the world.

DONABE Story on Bon Appétit Magazine Online

Our donabe and my comments are featured on Bon Appétit Magazine online!
It's a great story about donabe cooking, so please check it out.
Here's the link.

Happy donabe life.

Our donabe on Bon Appetit magazine!

I am so excited that our Iga-yaki donabe is featured on Bon Appetit magazine, both on the cover and inside! It's the latest January 2016 issue and titled, HEALTHY-ISH.

Inside, our double-lid donabe rice cooker, "Kamado-san", and donabe steamer, "Mushi Nabe", appear in 3 full-color full pages in the feature titled, "THE NEW HEALTHY 2016 - JAPANESE HOME COOKING", starting from page 82. Kamado-san is used to make a hot pot dish, and the recipes by Tadashi Ono and Harris Salat look so delicious!

Happy donabe life.

**On page 90, our Mushi Nabe is introduced as the "stainless-steel steamer" by mistake, but it's obviously, authentic Iga-yaki donabe, so it's an earthen ware:-)

DONABE Cookbook...More media coverage!

Wow...I learned more media are choosing my DONABE Cookbook as one of the best cookbooks of 2015!!


Gear Patrol (news/ media website for men) chose DONABE as one of 15 BEST COOKBOOKS of 2015.


DONABE is included in Leite's Culinaria's BEST COOKBOOKS of 2015.


PlateOnline.com chose DONABE as one of the BEST FOOD BOOKS of 2015.


The Sacramento Bee, featured an article, including my comments, about DONABE, and it was also introduced in BOOKS! THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE MOST DIFFICULT PEOPLE ON YOUR LIST.


Travel + Leisure, introduced DONABE in the article, 16 NEW COOKBOOKS FOR THE TRAVELER WHO LOVES TO EAT (my book concluded the list!).

Happy donabe life is spreading!

My interview on GOOD FOOD on KCRW

I was on KCRW's very popular show, GOOD FOOD, hosted by Evan Kleiman last Saturday!
As a fan of the show for many years, it was such an honor to be invited to speak about donabe and my cookbook, DONABE - Classic and Modern Japanese Clay Pot Cooking.

Please check out the article about my donabe, cookbook, and donabe recipe plus the audio link of my interview in KCRW's website, linked here.

And, here's the direct link to the audio.



Happy donabe life.

DONABE Cookbook on Media!

I am extremely humbled and honored that my first cookbook, DONABE - Classic and Modern Japanese Clay Pot Cooking, has been receiving great reviews in media recently!

In some of the very prominent newspapers/ publications, DONABE Cookbook made in each one's short list of top cookbooks.


San Francisco Chronicle chose DONABE Cookbook as "The Top Cookbooks of 2015"!


In Brooklyn Magazin, DONABE Cookbook is selected as one of the "Best Cookbooks of 2015"! They even said their selections are "the best of the best"!!


Los Angeles Magazine called DONABE Cookbook as one of their favorite new cookbooks of this year!


And, in the same week on Los Angeles Times, our donabe steamer, "Mushi Nabe", was introduced as their gift recommendation for the holiday season.

Wow, thank you so much, for all the support!! All the articles are written very nicely, so please check out these links.

Happy donabe life.