Making Miso Soup

Join Sonoko Sakai to learn about the process of making miso soup. She will demonstrate how she makes her savory (and seasonal) miso soup! If your mouth is watering, look no further, because attendees will also have the opportunity to sample said soup :)

(Pictured above: Sonoko smiling in her kitchen sifting soba flour.)

Sonoko Sakai is a cooking teacher and food writer based in Los Angeles, California. She is the author of Japanese Home Cooking: Simple Meals, Authentic Flavors (IACP 2020 award winner), and her cooking reflects her rich cultural upbringing. She was born in New York and moved to many cities throughout her youth, including San Francisco, Kamakura, Mexico City, and Tokyo. Sakai has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Saveur, and many more for her dedicated work as a Cook, Storyteller, and Food Activist. Her name "Sonoko" means garden in Japanese. And for her, everything begins and ends with the garden. At its most fundamental level, her cooking philosophy is about respecting the ingredients and letting their natural flavors speak for themselves.

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We endeavor to engage, educate and demonstrate how a climate-appropriate habitat garden can be both beautiful and practical to maintain while incorporating the goals of water conservation, habitat creation, and environmental sustainability.

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