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Meet Koji, Your New Favorite Fungus
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Apr 25, 2017
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Podcast episode
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It’s impossible to imagine Japanese meals without soy sauce, or the umami-rich fermented bean paste called miso, or the rice-based spirit known as sake. Which means that Japanese cuisine depends on the one fungus that enables the fermentation of all these delicious foods: koji. Today, American chefs are discovering what Asian cooks have known for centuries, that …More →
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Released:
Apr 25, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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