おうちごはん! (Ouchigohan) Onigiri Homecooking Class

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おうちごはん (Ouchigohan) Home Cooking - Onigiri

Japanese Home Cooking with Table for Two

in Atlanta/Georgia, Boston, Houston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Colorado, Indiana, and New York

Sunday, November 12th, 2023 @ 5:00-6:30 PM ET

$10 Members / $15 Non-members

JASG members use code "Georgia"

Hosted online via Zoom

( receive an email with the Zoom link and recipe card. Please be sure to include your full, correct address in order to receive the Onigiri Action Kit in a timely manner. )

We’re excited to invite you to participate in a fun, family-friendly class for Japan-America Society members. Participants will learn to make Onigiri, Japanese rice balls! The special Onigiri Making Class is presented in partnership with TABLE FOR TWO USA, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, and JETRO.

Participants will receive a special Onigiri Action Kit in the mail with all the necessary authentic Japanese ingredients, including Japanese rice, tuna, Kewpie mayonnaise, special seasoning packets, Onigiri tools, and more!

After a short presentation about Onigiri, participants will cook together with the Japanese ingredients lead by our Ouchigohan instructor, Debra Samuels from TABLE FOR TWO.

You will also learn about "Onigiri Action", a unique campaign to make a difference in the world through Onigiri. It promises to be a fun program for all ages (younger participant will need the help of their parents or an adult to keep the pace of the class). In the kit, there is enough rice to make four onigiri rice balls so siblings and parents can participate.

This class has limited space and will include participants from other Japan-America Societies around the country, which will be especially fun! Registration is first come, first served with a limit of one (1) Onigiri Action kit per household.

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 worked as a program coordinator and an exhibition developer at the Japanese department of the Boston Children's Museum (1992-2000).  She 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.

おうちごはん！Ouchigohan! – Japanese Home Cooking is a special collaboration between members of the National Association of Japan-America Societies and Table for Two’s innovative food program, Wa-Shokuiku: Learn. Cook. Eat Japanese!, featuring recipes selected to introduce Japanese food philosophy and preparation techniques. Make simple, healthy, homestyle Japanese food to enjoy with friends and family. This month’s program is hosted by Japan-America Society of Houston and joined by Japan Society New York, The Japan Society of Boston, The Japan-America Society of Georgia,  Japan America Society of Colorado, Japan-America Society of Indiana, Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia and The Japan-America Society of Washington D.C.