おうちごはん！(Ouchigohan) – Learn to Make Okonomiyaki

おうちごはん！(Ouchigohan) 

Okonomiyaki

with Homemade Ginger Pickles

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

Friday, December 18, 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)

Table for Two and the Japan Society of Boston host December's edition of this interactive online cooking class. Cook along or just watch from your own kitchen!

Led by local Boston food educator Debra Samuels, we will learn to make okonomiyaki stuffed with your favorite fillings, paired with homemade pickled ginger (beni shōga) that you can use as a topping or side.

A full list of ingredients, recipes, and instructions will be sent the week of the class.

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

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.