Nikkei Ramen-ya: fresh-made noodles and living wages in the heart of the Comox Valley
When Greg Masuda and his wife Erin opened Courtenay’s first ramen shop in the fall of 2016, it was welcomed with open arms by...
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Statement on George Floyd Murder
The following statement has been released by Serena Mah on behalf of ACT@endracism and Trant Daley on behalf of Alberta Muslim Pubic Affairs The murder...
Looking for JC Comfort Food Recipes
As the English-language editor of The Bulletin, it’s interesting how our energies have shifted so much towards food, almost like going back to the...
May President’s Message
by Judy Hanazawa May Greetings Community Members! The President’s message for May is about what is happening to Asian Canadians as the Covid pandemic...
COVID-19 and the Racism Pandemic We Need to Talk About
by Kim Uyede-Kai Communities of Faith Support and Right Relations, and Vice-President of the Toronto NAJC When news of the coronavirus first began to...
Where to Pick Up + Read The Bulletin
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, many Bulletin distribution locations are closed, however The Bulletin is still available at a number of locations are...
Community Kitchen: Comfort Food
Do you remember March 13? It was the last day of school before spring break and everyone was talking about their vacations, plans for...
Editorial: Some Kind of Normal
Several days before going to press I received an email from filmmaker Anne Koizumi announcing the release of her new film, In the Shadow...
Japanese Comfort Food To Go at Yama Cafe
One Sunday morning last fall, in the before-times, our daughter and her husband invited the whole family to join them for an authentic Japanese...
In the Shadow of the Pines – a new film by Anne Koizumi
In the Shadow of the Pines, a new animated short documentary by Anne Koizumi, explores the difficult relationship between the filmmaker and her father. Koizumi, a second-generation Japanese Canadian, draws on childhood memories to explore the idea of shame and how it can shape and define us, while also concealing who we can truly become.
Our Edible Roots: Okahijiki
In the relentless search for Japanese vegetable seeds I discovered the seed catalogue of Kitazawa Seed Company the oldest Japanese seed distributor in America. During 1917, founder Gijiu Kitazawa applied experience and knowledge gained in Japan to initiate a business in California specializing in domestic and Asian vegetable seed production and distribution.
Community Kitchen
Back in January one of my daughters was reading a book set during World War II. She asked me what “ration cards” were and I explained about rationing and profiteering. We agreed that profiteering was evil and rationing clearly necessary when supplies were hard to come by.
