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The art of washoku

Published on 6 Oct 2010. Tagged with japan.

Garr Reynolds writes about design guidelines of traditional Japanese cuisine.

Washoku is guided by simple principles that lead to harmony and balance in terms of both nutrition and aesthetics […]. For example, go shiki (five colors) is a principle that says the meal should have a variety of colors: red, green, yellow, black, and white.