Saturday, June 13th, 2026
6:00–7:30 PM EST
Online via Zoom
Zoom link to be shared with attendees upon registering

$10 Members | $15 Non-Members
JASGP Members use discount code: philly
Only one registration per household needed

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Join us for this family-friendly online Japanese home cooking class series おうちごはん OUCHIGOHAN and cook along or just watch from your own kitchen!

Summer is approaching and the Japanese know how to eat to beat the heat! Join us as we make a refreshing “Harusame Salad,” Spring Rain Glass Noodle Salad, as well as the uniquely Japanese treat, “Coffee Jelly”. There will also be a bonus recipe: “Cool as a Cucumber!” a great summertime heat buster!

Meet Our Instructor: 

Debra Samuels leads the program content and curriculum development of TABLE FOR TWO USA’s Japanese inspired food education program, “Wa- Shokuiku: Learn. Cook. Eat Japanese!”.

She was a food writer and contributor to the Food Section of The Boston Globe and has authored two cookbooks: “My Japanese Table,” and “The Korean Table.” She curated the exhibit, “Obento and Built Space: Japanese Boxed Lunch and Architecture,” at the Boston Architectural College (2015) and co-curated “Objects of Use and Beauty: Design and Craft in Japanese Culinary Tools,” at the Fuller Craft Museum (2018). Debra also worked as a program coordinator and an exhibition developer at the Japanese department of the Boston Children’s Museum (1992-2000).

Debra has lived in Japan, all together, for 12 years and specializes in Japanese cuisine. She travels around the country and abroad teaching hands on workshops on obento, the Japanese lunchbox. During Covid 19 she is teaching live online cooking programs to youth and adults.