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James Beard’s Award-Winning Chef Morishita Reimaging Japanese Comfort Food
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Masako Morishita, winner of the 2024 James Beard Award for Best Emerging Chef, is reinventing Japanese comfort food at Perry’s in Washington, D.C. She specializes in preparing "Japanese comfort food," which she describes as simpler and lighter than most American food. Her signature dishes include miso butter clams and garlic edamame dumplings. Morishita was raised in Kobe, Japan, where her family operated a restaurant for nearly a century. She initially came to the U.S. as an exchange student and later became a cheerleader for the Washington Commodores football team. She started her career in the restaurant industry at Maxwell Park in Washington, D.C. before joining Perry’s. Unlike many high-end Japanese restaurants, Perry’s keeps dinner affordable, with entrees ranging from $17 to $39. Morishita plans to write a Japanese comfort food cookbook and is considering opening her own eatery in the future. Winning the James Beard Award has given her a bigger voice in the industry.
#MasakoMorishita #JamesBeardAward #JapaneseCuisine #Perry's #Washington,Dc #RestaurantIndustry
https://www.forbes.com/sites/garystern/2024/07/01/james-beards-award-winning-chef-morishita-reimaging-japanese-comfort-food/
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Masako Morishita, winner of the 2024 James Beard Award for Best Emerging Chef, is reinventing Japanese comfort food at Perry’s in Washington, D.C. She specializes in preparing "Japanese comfort food," which she describes as simpler and lighter than most American food. Her signature dishes include miso butter clams and garlic edamame dumplings. Morishita was raised in Kobe, Japan, where her family operated a restaurant for nearly a century. She initially came to the U.S. as an exchange student and later became a cheerleader for the Washington Commodores football team. She started her career in the restaurant industry at Maxwell Park in Washington, D.C. before joining Perry’s. Unlike many high-end Japanese restaurants, Perry’s keeps dinner affordable, with entrees ranging from $17 to $39. Morishita plans to write a Japanese comfort food cookbook and is considering opening her own eatery in the future. Winning the James Beard Award has given her a bigger voice in the industry.
#MasakoMorishita #JamesBeardAward #JapaneseCuisine #Perry's #Washington,Dc #RestaurantIndustry
https://www.forbes.com/sites/garystern/2024/07/01/james-beards-award-winning-chef-morishita-reimaging-japanese-comfort-food/