MEDFIELD — A long time ago in a land far, far away, humans discovered that a beautifully nuanced alcoholic beverage could be made from fermented rice. Japanese sake has been in existence at least ...
Cameraman-turned-filmmaker Erik Shirai doesn’t answer a major question that viewers of his impressionistic slice of work-life doc The Birth of Saké are bound to wonder: Why does the Tedorigawa Brewery ...
As part of the sake-making process at his Proper Saké Co., Byron Stithem propagates a specific Japanese mold called koji to inoculate the rice that he ferments to create his delicious spirits. Chefs ...