おうちごはん！(Ouchigohan) – Harusame Salad & Coffee Jelly

おうちごはん！(Ouchigohan) 

Harusame Salad & Coffee Jelly

Japanese Home Cooking with Table for Two

in partnership with the Japan-America Societies of Boston, Alabama, Georgia, Houston, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Washington DC and USJETAA

Saturday, June 13, 2026

6:00 - 7:30 PM ET

$10 JSB/JS/JETAA Members / $15 Non-members

Hosted online via Zoom

(Ingredient list, recipe card, and Zoom link will be provided the week of the class)

Join the Japan-America Society of Washington DC and Table for Two 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!

Members of Japan America Societies/US JETAA can enter their society’s discount code at checkout for member pricing. Advance ticket purchase required. Only one registration per household need. 

(JSB members: find the discount code on the JSB Member Portal!)

About the 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.