All photos by Yoko Kumano and Vanessa Bahmani,

I’ve been running Umamimart for over four years now (since February 2007), bringing together people from all over the world to share their personal experiences through food and drinks. It has gone through several manifestations, and has seen many writers come and go.

Umamimart now consists of ten
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Ok, so this is a post where everything went wrong.

I thought I was going to report on a dinner party with nice pictures of Scandinavian kitchenware, but then the snow storm arrived, people cancelled and the host’s apartment was way too dark to take any real nice photos. But hey, I tried and we had
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A cute way to serve mini pop tarts or filled pastry treats at a party– inside a vintage toaster!

In preparation for his B.A.R. exam, Paystyle hosted cocktail parties, aka Happy Hour (how appropriate), at his place every Thursday for the last month. He invited folks from all over the city to trek to his spacious apartment in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, where he fully stocked the bar for this weekly affair. No
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I have a friend (let’s call him Mr. X) who’s both a Japanophile and a shopaholic. Not that this is a bad thing – the combination means that his apartment is a treasure chamber of Japanese collector’s items, beautifully rustic ceramics and a kitchen swollen with all kinds of Tokyo food imports.

Mr.
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Last week I gave the foolhardy impression that I could give a daily recap of the events at Tales of the Cocktail, while still down at Tales. Instead, I left you high and dry as I ate and drank and partied and competed and
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My friends Josh and Matt recently went traveling around Southeast Asia for 6 weeks. They ate incredible food, asked people how they were made, took notes and came back to prepare their favorite dishes for us.  As dinner guests we were encouraged to participate and
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I had some friends coming over and decided to make something I had never made before. Lamb came to mind – I’d make leg of lamb before but never shanks and we all know
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I’ve been co-habitating with the BF for eight months now and take it from the girl who loved having her own apartment: living in sin rules! Despite the few things we don’t always agree
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Ever find yourself tossing and turning at night wondering what Danish babies like to eat?… Well, me neither.

Nevertheless, I had the priviledge to find out on Saturday when I attended Ernst’s third birthday party.
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