He Ate Well

My Stories: "From a Long Tradition, Small Sips Quickly Brewed" in the NY Times

Here's my piece on kung fu tea, a tradition of savoring fine tea from China. To read the story, please click here.

My Stories: Kitchen Knife Know-How

Here's my piece on kitchen knives for Health Magazine. It appears in the June, 2006, issue. Click here to read it.

My Stories: "Essence of Sweet Potato, Sip by Sip" in the New York Times

Here's my piece on shochu, a drink that's more popular than sake in Japan -- but virtually unknown in the USA. For a link to the article on the Times website, please click here. Or you can download the story here.

(The photo is of me and the wonderful staff of the family-run Yagi shochu distillery in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The toji -- master distiller -- just celebrated his 50th anniversary as a shochu maker.)

My Stories: "Beyond the Great Pumpkin" in Health

Check out my "charticle," as it's known in the writing biz, on the wonders of winter squash. It's from the November, 2005, issue of Health. More important -- run quick to your local store or farmer's market and pick up one of the many varieties of winter squash in season right now. They're nutritious, delicious and so damn easy to make. Download the article or click here to link to the story on the Health website.

My Stories: Mexico's Yucatan

Here's a short piece I wrote for November, 2005, issue of Vista Magazine about the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico: Haciendas, Habanero peppers, Mayans and a lot of flamingos. Please click here.

My Stories: "Form Follows Food" in Gourmet

Here's a copy of my story on the connection between food and pottery in Japan. It appeared in the August, 2005 issue of Gourmet. Please click on this link: Download the article