Japanese Food Culture Essence and Spirits

BECOME A SAKE SPECIALIST
-- SSI ENDORSES SAKE SCHOOL OF AMERICA --
BECOME A SAKE SPECIALIST </br> -- SSI ENDORSES SAKE SCHOOL OF AMERICA -- Tokyo, Japan – On November 11, 2011 Sake Service Institute, or SSI as it’s widely known, and Sake School of America directors met in Tokyo to formalize an official alliance to expand Sake education reaching audiences beyond Japan. SSI is the largest organized body for sake sommelier certification in Japan. Sake School of America is the first in the US officially endorsed by SSI International opening opportunities for English based regions to utilize SSI’s expertise in the field.

Since 1990, under leadership and management by Mr. Keiji Migita and Mr. Haruyuki Hiyoki, SSI has developed certification programs covering Sake, Shochu, beer, wine, Chinese liquors, Western liquors, liquors for cultural festivities, cheeses, cigars and others totaling 29 different genres. To date, they have issued over 35,000 certifications, and with international expansion of Sake around the world, SSI International currently has school affiliations in South Korea and the US.

Sake School of America is the largest sake education and certification school in the US providing courses in both English and in Japanese languages. In a year, over 160 students have earned their Sake Adviser certifications. Founded by Noritoshi Kanai, Chairman of Mutual Trading Co., Inc. in 2010, Sake School of America is an education and training institution to promote Japan’s unique liquor cultures around the world, and is part of a larger vision aiming to ensure communication of true Japanese food culture to the next generation of chefs worldwide.
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Sommelier Talk - Sake vs Wine - Part 7

 199_1.jpg I attended the14th Annual World of Flavors Conference at the renowned Culinary Institute of America, a program designed for the advancement of professional chefs in their trade and culinary art. This year featured “Japan: Flavors of Culture", bringing .....

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FOOD AND BEVERAGES
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YUZU, a Japanese lemon - lime like citrus fruit, highly fragrant and pleasantly sour.

Most commonly the rind is used to flavor various dishes such as vegetables, fish or noodles. The Yuzu is difficult to find in the U.S. You can obtain bottled juice or dry, powdered yuzu.
 
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