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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Japanese food

Japanese food stories: 3 news summaries

 Benihana Founder Dead at 69 

'Rocky' Aoki led a colorful life

Jul 12, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hiraoki “Rocky” Aoki, a former wrestler, daredevil speedboat racer and balloonist who also happened to have founded the Benihana restaurant chain, is dead at 69, the Los Angeles Times reports. The colorful Aoki opened the first Benihana in New York in 1964 with proceeds from an ice cream... More »

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cancer • obituary • restaurant • Japanese food • Hiraoki Aoki • Benihana • eccentric

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Author Cracks Open Calif. Fortune Cookie Battle

Chinese rejection sparks food fight for bragging rights

Jun 8, 08 7:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The fortune cookie caps any good Chinese meal in America, and Los Angeles and San Francisco both claim credit for it, Steve Harvey writes in the Los Angeles Times. Angelenos say an LA restaurateur invented the famed wafer in 1918, while their neighbors to the north insist an official gave... More »

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San Francisco • Los Angeles • Chinese food • Japanese food

Japan Sends Out Sushi Squad

Tokyo to certify 'authentic' restaurants around the world

Jan 30, 08 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Japan, worried that the globalization of sushi is embarrassing its national cuisine—think California rolls—is about to start certifying which of the estimated 25,000 Japanese restaurants around the world are authentic. Experts based in major cities, including London, Paris, and Los Angeles, will give eateries that pass muster... More »

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Japan • restaurant • sushi • Japanese food • California rolls

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