Episode 163: Born to Preserve the Koji Culture
Japan Eats!8 Heinä 2019

Episode 163: Born to Preserve the Koji Culture

Our guest today is Koichi Higuchi of Higuchi Matsunosuke Shoten in Osaka, Japan. His business is to provide koji starters to manufacturers of traditional fermented foods in Japan, such as miso, soy sauce, sake ... you name it!

Indeed, koji, the beneficial mold, is a quintessential element of Japanese food culture. Koji is also becoming a buzz word in the global culinary industry. For example, René Redzepi of Noma, the renowned restaurant in Denmark, included koji in his recent book "The Noma Guide to Fermentation".

In this episode, Koichi will discuss his 6th generation-old family business, what koji is, how to use it, and much, much more!!!

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