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Screening of Dashi Journey

Celebrated Tokyo chef Shinobu Namae was trained both in Japan and in France where culinary giant Michael Bras taught him to experience food as an extension of place and home. In the tiny kitchen of L’Effervescence, his two Michelin-starred restaurant, he creates innovative Franco-Japanese dishes using dashi, the invisible foundation of Japanese cuisine. Eric Wolfinger’s film Dashi Journey chronicles the chef’s quest on a journey through his home country to visit the source of two humble ingredients that make up dashi – Kombu (seaweed) and Katsuobushi (cured bonito). What the distinguished chef finds is more than a food lesson, it is a portrait of Japanese spirit.

Following the world private screening of this short film, there will be a dashi tasting and an audience Q&A with the filmmaker and star, moderated by San Francisco Chronicle food editor Paolo Lucchesi.

This event is presented in conjunction with Chef Namae’s visit to Healdsburg to be a guest chef at SingleThread Restaurant. Tickets for that special dinner are available through the SingleThread website.