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Cooking demo flyer collage featuring 2025 invite cover images from Japan. Each scene reflects the inspiration behind a year of Japanese recipes—temples, gardens, and coastlines photographed by Sam and Darrell during their travels. Text: Final Cooking Demo of 2025, Sat Nov 8th, 5:30 PM.

Japanese Recipes — #1 Simmered Kabocha – Kabocha No Nimono, #2 Spinach Ohitashi

The final cooking demo of 2025 featured two comforting Japanese recipes—Simmered Kabocha and Spinach Ohitashi. Warm, balanced, and seasonally inspired, these dishes closed the year with the beauty and simplicity of Japanese home cooking.

Cooking demo flyer featuring the Itsukushima Shrine at Miyajima, Hiroshima, Japan, with its historic wooden buildings standing over the water. Text: Japanese Recipes, Sat, Sep 27th, 5:30 PM.

Japanese Recipes — Sagara Family Japanese Curry

Our September 27th demo featured a comforting Japanese recipe: Sagara Family Japanese Curry. Built on shio-koji beef, kabocha, and carrots, this dish layers savory, sweet, and umami flavors into Japan’s most beloved home-style meal.

Cooking demo flyer with a Japanese garden scene showing a pond, greenery, and a bridge. Text: Japanese Recipes, Sat, Sep 20th, 5:30 PM.

Japanese Recipes — Shrimp & Kabocha with Sesame Miso Hot Pot

Our September 20th demo featured a comforting Japanese recipe: Shrimp & Kabocha with Sesame Miso Hot Pot. Layered with nutty miso, earthy mushrooms, sweet kabocha, and briny shrimp, this dish shows how donabe cooking brings out balanced, seasonal flavors.