What’s the magic ingredient in Japan’s Alpine cuisine?
It’s not a local herb or an exotic spice. There’s another ingredient that makes the cuisine (and drink) of this little-visited region of Japan extra-special: Snow. As I cross into Niigata Prefecture, it quickly becomes clear why Nobel Prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata dubbed this region “snow country”. It’s spring and the first cherry blossoms are […]
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