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THE OMAKASE BERRY is heart-shaped and marshmallow tender, with a scent that calls to mind strawberry scratch-and-sniff stickers and hard candies more than actual fruit. When Hiroki Koga, co-founder of ...

Think of omakase as the culinary equivalent of a trust fall. Its meaning in Japanese translates to “I leave it up to you,” ...

The next juicy strawberry you reach for might come from a vertical farm. So far, most vertical produce farming in the United States has typically concentrated on lettuces, but now multiple companies ...

CINCINNATI -- Back of the house -- it's restaurant speak for "behind the scenes," typically referring to the kitchen and the cooks who toil there. By design, many diners will never interact with the ...

Consider the strawberry: red, ripe, an ephemeral pleasure as fleeting as a summer fling. What if that fling could last? “Our strawberries are always in season,” Hiroki Koga, the co-founder and C.E.O.

Omakase berries, traditionally grown in the Japanese Alps, are two to three times sweeter than US strawberries. Now, a vertical farming company grows the rare fruit in three indoor farms across the US ...

As omakase experiences become more common in Atlanta, the cocktail omakase is having a moment. At its core, omakase means the chef — or bartender — chooses what the diner will eat and drink. At a ...

The omakase boom in Austin has been fast, furious, and more than a little overwhelming. How many minimalist tasting counters with $150+ coursed meals of sushi, sashimi, and nigiri can one medium-sized ...