Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia (JASGP) is hosting the October edition of the online Japanese home cooking class series おうちごはん！ Ouchigohan! – Japanese Home Cooking and cook along or just watch from your own kitchen.
Let’s make one of Japan’s most popular on-the go meals, Onigiri! And join #OnigiriAction, TABLE FOR TWO’s annual social good campaign. Onigiri is a rice ball typically filled with protein or vegetables. This beloved dish is made in every home for snacks, bento and picnics. The class will be hosted by Ouchigohan’s Debra Samuels and taught by guest sensei Kimono Mom, MOE! Kimono Mom is a famous Japanese influencer, with over 2 million followers on Instagram, who cooks along with her adorable daughter Sutan. We will be making 3 different kinds of onigiri; a selection of Kimono Mom and Sutan’s favorites!
Members of other Japan/Japan America Societies—please enter your society’s discount code at checkout for member pricing. Advance ticket purchase required. One registration per family.
The recipe card with ingredient list and Zoom link will be provided a few days before the event.
$10 JASH Members / $15 Non-members. JASH members use code "JASH" to register.
About the Instructor:
Debra Samuels leads the program content and curriculum development of TABLE FOR TWO USA’s Japanese inspired food education program, “Wa- Shokuiku -Learn. Cook. Eat Japanese!”.
She was a food writer and contributor to the Food Section of The Boston Globe and has authored two cookbooks: “My Japanese Table,” and “The Korean Table.” She curated the exhibit, “Obento and Built Space: Japanese Boxed Lunch and Architecture,” at the Boston Architectural College (2015) and co-curated “Objects of Use and Beauty: Design and Craft in Japanese Culinary Tools,” at the Fuller Craft Museum (2018). Debra also worked as a program coordinator and an exhibition developer at the Japanese department of the Boston Children's Museum (1992-2000).
Debra has lived in Japan, all together, for 12 years and specializes in Japanese cuisine. She travels around the country and abroad teaching hands on workshops on obento, the Japanese lunchbox. During Covid 19 she is teaching live online cooking programs to youth and adults.
About #OnigriAction:
#OnigiriAction is an annual autumn social good campaign connecting the simple act of taking a photo with helping to feed school children in need. Every rice ball-related post on the global campaign website or your social media channel with the tag #OnigiriAction will provide five school meals to children in need around the world.
This program is made possible by:
Program Note: Photographs may be taken during the event for the records of the program host and for use in public media outlets. Registering for the event generally signifies acknowledgment that your likeness may be used in these ways.