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Curito ConnectsFrom Intangible to Tangible with Momoko NakamuraJenn speaks to Tokyo bred, global citizen, Kyoto based, Momoko Nakamura (Momo) founder of Kyoto Research Institute. From her young memories of Japanese cookery at home, to her studies in microbiotics and traditional medicinal cooking, food television career in the US, to now returning to her roots in Japan and creating a company that is dedicated to researching, educating and preserving Japanese materials, Momo has been sharing her knowledge with the world, communicating the intangible in tangible ways. She shares with us what she means by intangible to tangible, her passion in the work she is doing, and the...2025-03-241h 20

Raising OrionThe Art of Regenerative Living With Momoko NakamuraOn this episode, we have one of my nearest and dearest as a guest: Momoko Nakamura is a cultural conservationist and storyteller currently living in Kyoto, Japan, and sharing the Japanese art of regenerative living with the world. She is often found roving the Japanese countryside in search of wisdoms that live within the organic fabric of people like grandmas, ceramists, farmers, and geologists. Momoko's work stems from the strong belief that these idiosyncratic secrets hold key hints as to how all of us may better approach our relationship with the natural world, each of our inner worlds, and...2023-06-0932 min

Japanese FoodEpisode 3: Momoko NakamuraWe’re excited to share episode 3 of our podcast with you, featuring Momoko Nakamura, an author and online food educator passionate about cultural conservation and the intersection of food and environmental responsibility. We talked about how the wisdom of Japanese traditions can help us in our modern age, allowing us to discover the goodness of plant-based eating and low-waste lifestyles! While we talked, we also got to sample some delicious foods from a wonderful zero-waste shop and deli here in Kyoto called Totoya. Every wonder why chopsticks are placed horizontally on the table in Japanese cuisine? Momoko un...2022-11-0445 min

Roots to Fruit020: Michelle Zamora / Texas, Los Angeles / A puppeteer who connects to her ancestors through the power of voiceBIO: Michelle is a LatinX puppeteer, puppet creator, and CEO of Viva La Puppet, LLC. She traveled around the world bringing Waffles to life alongside Michelle Obama (Waffles and Mochi), lead the team that created The Tiger and The Buffalo (Meta), and collaborated on puppets for A Black Lady Sketch Show, Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg, and Jason Mraz. She is a Mama to Ellie and Milo and finds inspiration in their wonderment and joy for our world. ROOTS: Texas, Los Angeles FRUIT: By way of her grandmother’s enthusiasm for grito, and her mother’s ench...2022-02-2240 min

Climate CuisineMeet Bamboo: The Fastest Growing Plant in the WorldBamboo is the fastest growing plant in the world; some varieties can grow up to three feet daily. Considered invasive in some parts of the United States, it is embraced in Latin America and Asia for its use in architecture, fashion and food. In this episode, we’ll chat with Hans Friederich, the former director of the International Bamboo and Rattan Organization; Momoko Nakamura, a food educator and storyteller in Japan; Kevindra Soemantri, a food journalist in Indonesia; and Hui Ting Tsai, a bamboo weaver in Taiwan.Climate Cuisine is part of Whetstone Radio Collective. Learn more ab...2022-02-0922 min

Roots to Fruit019: Seung Hee Lee / South Korea / A passionate mission to establish Korean cuisine as a global love languageBIO: Author of Everyday Korean and founder of KoreanFusion, Seung Hee Lee is a writer and teacher with a PhD in Human Nutrition. Born and raised in Korea, she has studied traditional Korean Royal Court cuisine. She teaches cooking classes in Atlanta, Georgia and serves pop-up dinners all around the world from Copenhagen to Seoul. ROOTS: South Korea FRUIT: In part a product of her grandmother’s kitchen, her father’s teachings of vested experience, and her mother’s food memories, it is Seung Hee’s passionate mission to share the delicious techniques and stories of Korea...2022-02-0858 min

Roots to Fruit018: Nikki Tsukamoto Kininmonth / Japan, New Zealand / A translator creates a stage for the female voiceBIO: Nikki was born in Tokyo, Japan and spent her formative years in the North Island of New Zealand. She studied sociology and media studies at the University of Auckland while developing a passion in fair trade and human rights advocacy. With over 12 years of experience as a translator and interpreter, she currently hosts a Japanese radio show that brings attention to various social, cultural and political affairs. ROOTS: Japan, New Zealand, England, Scotland FRUIT: Nikki leverages her bilingual and bicultural background to navigate conversation and exploration of the female voice in Japan. ...2022-01-2553 min

Roots to Fruit017: Nour Najem / Lebanon, Brazil / A designer's dream for a powerful collective storyBIO: Nour Najem is a serial social entrepreneur. She believes design’s true purpose is to draw change and out of the box solutions. Through her eponymous label, she has consulted and partnered up with Caritas, L’Artisan du Liban, Phenomenal Women, as well as other vulnerable communities. In 2013, she founded Kenzah in parallel to her brand, to preserve, develop and transmit traditional craftsmanship, and more recently Lebanon Needs, to provide vulnerable populations with essential survival requirements. She believes design plays an integral part in activating social-led change for the country. ROOTS: Lebanon, Brazil FRUIT: Nour...2022-01-1838 min

Roots to Fruit016: Jeffery O'Harrow / US, Japan / A burned out salaryman's fruitful next chapterBIO: Born and raised in Tokyo, to a Japanese mother from rural Hokkaido and American father from rural Oregon. Attended international school in Japan, then moved to the US for university. Upon graduation, worked in finance in Los Angeles before returning to Tokyo in 2015. Jeffery lives with his two young boys, and his wife with whom he runs Tokyo Juice, the only American-style juice bar in Japan. ROOTS: US, Japan FRUIT: A Tokyo native experiences physical and emotional burnout as a Japanese salaryman, and takes hints from his father’s deep respect of na...2021-12-2138 min

Roots to Fruit015: Andrea Balboni / Italy, US / On Caravaggio, and the reframing of sex, love and relationshipsBIO: Andrea Balboni is a Sex, Love and Relationships Coach who knows an important truth that she wants everyone to know – the secret to having the relationship, sex and intimacy you want – lies deep within you. And she knows how to get that secret out, because she’s done it herself. After more than a decade single, she finally cracked the code and created an incredible relationship full of depth, connection, love and blissful erotic pleasure. It is now her mission to help others do the same. ROOTS: Italy, US FRUI...2021-12-1448 min

Roots to Fruit014: Ray Masaki / Japan / Observing social idiosyncrasies through designBIO: Ray Masaki is a Japanese-American graphic designer from New York, living and working in Tokyo since 2017. He studied illustration at Parsons School of Design, type design at The Cooper Union, and is currently pursuing an MFA in graphic design at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. In 2021, Ray wrote and published Why is the salaryman carrying a surfboard?, a bilingual book about the history of institutional white supremacy and Westernization in the Japanese design industry. ROOTS: Japan FRUIT: Ray pokes at the oddities, ironies, and the sometimes outrageous that exist in our increasingly cross-cultural s...2021-12-0751 min

Roots to Fruit013: Arlette Gómez Ortiz / Mexico / A designer's creation rooted in her grandmother and the beesBIO: Designer, gastronome, honey enthusiast & founder of A de abeja, a small scale honey project based in Mexico promoting bees and beekeepers' own ability to thrive by creatively increasing local consumption of honey. She studied design and visual communication at UNAM –Mexico– and a master in Creativity, Ecology & Education at UNISG –Italy–. ROOTS: Mexico FRUIT: Arlette fights for fair production, wages, and trade, by reviving the taste memory for floral, aromatic, real honey through thoughtful design. Keeping in mind that the solution should always be placed close to the source. INFO: https://www.arletteg...2021-11-3051 min

Roots to Fruit012: Alice Grandoit / Haiti, New York / A cultural researcher recalls her grandparents' tastes and soundsBIO: Alice is a researcher, cultural organizer, publisher, and host working across food, culture, and design. She is the co-founder and editorial director of Deem Journal a bi-annual print publication exploring design as social practice. Her food expressions are Earthseed Provisions where she is working on an archive of Haitian cuisine and Tombo where she reflects on the transformative power of unconditional hospitality. ROOTS: Haiti, New York FRUIT: Alice traces the sensorial memories of her grandparents and takes those hints toward further discussion and discovery, and designs her latest sense of...2021-11-2356 min

Roots to Fruit011: Elli Sawada / Japan / A textile researcher weaves together her own definition of homeBIO: Elli is a natural dyer, weaver, and textile researcher currently based in Los Angeles. After studying Anthropology at Brown University, she moved to Kyoto to learn the process of making kimonos. She nurtures her roots by weaving across the Pacific discovering lost threads, gathering colors, and finding her own sense of home. ROOTS: Japan FRUIT: Elli weaves together her expertise in anthropological discovery, her experience apprenticing under Master natural dyer and kimono weaver, and her ancestral heritage in farming, to color her own curation of self and home. INFO https://eys.myportfolio...2021-11-1651 min

Roots to Fruit010: Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik / Colombia, India, Japan / How an artist grew up in her parent's storiesBIO: Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik is an artist whose work has been called a “joyous political critique.” She sparks connection and tells the stories of migration and belonging through collaborative projects such as building a border wall out of piñatas. South Asian and Japanese Latin American, Sita was born and raised in Los Angeles, Tongva Land, and based in Oakland, Ohlone Land. She holds degrees from Scripps College and California College of the Arts where she has taught in Critical Ethnic Studies. Sita is also a co-founder of People’s Kitchen Collective, an organization working at the intersection of art, foo...2021-11-0955 min

Roots to Fruit009: Carlos Carneiro / Portugal / A filmmaker's scrumptious love letter homeBIO: Born in Porto, Portugal, Carlos Carneiro is a Portuguese director based in Brooklyn, NY. Graduated in Film Production at UCA, UK in 2005. Focused early documentary work on food and culture through the project On Plate Still Hungry. Produced and directed several short-documentaries such as Norwegian Nostalgia, The Last Supper and The Forge. In 2017, after 20 years in London, Carlos moves to NY joining Vacationland where the focus on development and creation of feature documentaries and episodic series. A Wonderful Kingdom is his feature documentary. ROOTS: Portugal FRUIT: Through A Wonderful Kingdom, Carlos’s scrumptious love le...2021-10-2643 min

Roots to Fruit008: Adrian Chang / Southern China / Honoring the earth and the ancestral tableBIO: Adrian is a cook, food writer and proud 3rd-generation Southern Chinese-American. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Adrian left an international career in fashion to pursue the thing that makes him happiest: cooking and sharing the recipes of his heritage, family and community via MORIHOUSE. He also teaches Asian heritage cooking classes and develops recipes for small Asian-owned businesses. MORIHOUSE is a multidisciplinary and regenerative lifestyle concept created by Adrian and his husband Chris. Based in the redwoods of Northern California, they have dedicated their lives to reclaiming their roots, honoring the Earth, and celebrating...2021-10-1953 min

Roots to Fruit007: Chitra Agrawal / India / Intergenerational and multicultural taste memoriesBIO: Chitra is the co-founder of Brooklyn Delhi, an Indian-American food brand inspired by her heritage. She is the author of Vibrant India: Fresh Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Brooklyn. Chitra's work has been featured in the New York Times, Saveur, Food & Wine and Bon Appetit. ROOTS: India FRUIT: Chitra invites us to into her kitchen to share in how the taste memories of her childhood have birthed prose, product, and community. INFO: https://www.instagram.com/chitra/ https://brooklyndelhi.com/ https://www.instagram.com/brooklyndelhi/ --- About the...2021-10-1243 min

Roots to Fruit006: Akiko Kurematsu / Japan / Recipes, motherhood, and telling the most critical stories of our timesBIO: Akiko is a culture writer, journalist, and author contributing in-depth features, essays, and profiles that showcase how she observes the world and human moments around her. Through her work, she highlights and uplifts women, BIPOC, and underrepresented creative communities around the world. Leveraging her multicultural and multilingual upbringing between Japan, Philippines, U.S., Canada, and her career in New York, Tokyo, and London; she appears on television, radio, podcasts, and online content to share global stories and to comment on cultural discussions. Mother Tongue, Akiko's first book, is inspired by her mother's cookbook of her grandmother's recipes. This...2021-10-0547 min

Roots to Fruit005: Shoda Kanai Shonin / Japan / Buddhist Priest's call for inner peaceBIO: Shoda Kanai Shonin has been a Japanese Buddhist priest from the Nichiren Shu Order for over 25 years. He is the only American to complete the rigorous “100 Days Aragyo Ascetic Training” twice. This training consists of chanting for many hours, performing water purification seven times a day, eating two daily meals of only okayu and miso soup, and sleeping for two hours. From this arduous practice, he can conduct a special blessing ceremony. His goal is to spread the Teaching of the Buddha to many new people. ROOTS: Japan FRUIT: Shoda’s ancestral role in Japane...2021-09-2836 min

Roots to Fruit004: Clarissa Wei / Taiwan / A journalistic exploration of recipesBIO: Clarissa is a freelance journalist currently based in Taipei. She's currently writing her first cookbook. ROOTS: Taiwan FRUIT: By way of Made in Taiwan, Clarissa dives into Taiwanese recipes by examining the intersection of food, politics, and terroir. INFO: https://www.clarissawei.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dearclarissa/ https://twitter.com/dearclarissa --- About the Host: https://momokonakamura.com/2021-09-2136 min

Roots to Fruit003: Stephanie Tsai Karlik / Taiwan / Healing and rooted wellnessBIO: Stephanie is a Taiwanese, Iberian, and Irish author and anthropologist. Her first book Shanghai Seduction explores the return migration of Chinese Westerners to Shanghai, China. She is currently writing a book on the pandemic and the microcosmic nature of her personal journey with the virus, disability, and near death. Stephanie is also a feng shui healer and lay leader of the Nichiren Buddhist Kannon Temple of Nevada. ROOTS: Taiwan FRUIT: Stephanie’s mastery of nestling in closely with her community wherever she is in the world, is now cultivating her approach to rooted wellness....2021-09-1441 min

Roots to Fruit002: Lindsay Arakawa / Japan / Documenting through photography and illustrationBIO: Lindsay Arakawa is a creative currently living in Tokyo, Japan. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, she later moved to the Bay Area to attend college and then moved to Brookyln, NY where she worked as a social media strategist for Refinery29. Wanting to learn more about her family’s culture and background, she moved to Tokyo in 2018. ROOTS: Japan FRUIT: Through photography and illustration, Lindsay documents the questions and discoveries that surface from her everyday life in Japan. INFO: https://www.lindsayarakawa.com https://www.instagram.com/blindsaay/ https://twitter.com/bli...2021-09-0739 min

Roots to Fruit001: Ranmalee Araliya Perera / Sri Lanka / Self-exploration through writingBIO: Ranmalee is a Sri Lankan Tamil and Sinhala author, mother, educator in transformational justice and equity minded pedagogy, and medicine maker. She currently lives with her beloved and 3 children on the occupied traditional land of the Tongva people aka Long Beach, CA. ROOTS: Sri Lanka FRUIT: As author of Roots and Rivers, Ranmalee explores her personal history, lineage, cultural identity, and the land from which she comes. INFO: https://www.rootsnrivers.com/ https://www.instagram.com/vedaspices/ https://www.instagram.com/rootsnrivers/ --- About the Host: ...2021-09-0139 min

Roots to Fruit000: Momoko Nakamura / Japan / Exploring food culture, beyond cooking and eatingBIO: Cultural conservationist and storyteller, sharing secrets from the Japanese countryside with the world. ROOTS: Japan FRUIT: Storytelling Japanese food culture, beyond cooking and eating. Sharing the tale of socio-political, historical, and cultural idiosyncrasies and wisdom that is unique to Japanese cookery, agriculture, and the larger food system. INFO: https://momokonakamura.com/2021-08-2502 min

AyoGG: The Kpop PodcastSpecial: Girls Planet 999 - Episode 2| First Top 9, baby pictures and disbandment newsThe last demo performances of the contestants have been presented and we get to witness the very first top 9 picks made by the masters. On top of that, the cells are getting completely thrown over and the songs for the big first cover stage competition are getting presented with huge reactions by our girls. Please, let us know your opinions on the episode in the comments or via the following e-mail address: ayogg@gmx.net All New Cells (Please excuse any spelling mistakes): Ezaki Hikaru - Su Ri Qui - Jeong Jiyoon ...2021-08-151h 38

Deep Dive from The Japan TimesKōji — the magical mold of Japan w/ Claire WilliamsonJapan Times food editor Claire Williamson joins Deep Dive to discuss her new found passion for Aspergillus oryzae, the mold better known in Japan as kōji. Jeremy Umansky and Rich Shih, authors of "Koji Alchemy: Rediscovering the Magic of Mold-based Fermentation," also give us the lowdown on what makes the mold so exciting for them. Hosted by Oscar Boyd Read more: ‘Koji Alchemy’: Fermentation enthusiasts are making mold magic (Claire Williamson, The Japan Times) Recipe: Kōji — Japan's vital hidden ingredient (Makiko Itoh, The Japan Times) The fermentation power of kōji, Japanese food's secret ingredient (Momoko Nakamura...2020-09-3026 min

The Nonnative Creative PodcastWhy Should We Care about Rice? with Plant-based Tokyo Author & Food Consultant Momoko NakamuraIn this episode, author and food consultant Momoko Nakamura shares about her experiences working in food media and how it led to her publishing a book resource for plant-based food in Tokyo. With a background in making shows like Iron Chef and Master Chef during her time outside Japan, Momoko is now based in Tokyo and working to better connect people with the Japanese countryside. In this discussion, she explains her strong connection to rice and how it led to her developing a network of farmers, craftspeople, and cooks all across the country. She talked about some of the...2020-02-1047 min

Food FuturesThe Rice SommelierRice is life. For our debut episode, we speak to Momoko Nakamura, aka the Rice Girl, a woman on a mission to bring naturally farmed Japanese rice to the rest of the world. In Japan alone, there are over 200 varietals of rice grown throughout the country—from the snowy northern islands to the Ryukus with their subtropical climate. Through her rice subscription service, she sources directly from farmers and educates rice lovers on the traditional Japanese seasonal calendar by delivering 24 sub-seasons of hand-selected rice. 2019-03-0137 min

Decades of Horror | Horror News RadioHalf Human (Jû jin yuki otoko, 1955) - Episode 16 - Decades of Horror: The Classic Era“In the midst of a mountain blizzard, I have experienced a terrifying incident unparalleled in human history. At the very moment we were about to die, I clearly saw the monster with my own eyes . . .” These words are read from the journal of a dead man who had come face-to-face with a half-man, half-beast monster living in the mountains of Japan. Join the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era crew – Erin Miskell, Chad Hunt, Joseph Perry, and Jeff Mohr – as we discuss the hard to find, third film of the Toho Company, Half Human, aka Jû jin yuki otoko. Dec...2017-08-301h 11