おうちごはん！(Ouchigohan) – Nabeyaki Udon & Rare Cheesecake

おうちごはん！(Ouchigohan) 

Nabeyaki Udon and Japanese-style Rare Cheesecake

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, November 21, 2026

5:00 - 6:30 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 hosts Table for Two and Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia for a fun and educational online cooking class!

We start off this month’s Ouchigohan with Nabeyaki udon, a hot Japanese noodle soup cooked and served individually in a clay pot (donabe) or cast iron pot. With thick udon noodles simmered in a savory dashi soup, and a variety of colorful toppings it is a popular way to warm up as the weather turns cold.

For dessert we will make a Japanese-style Rare Cheesecake, which means no-bake. Add a cranberry conserve for Thanksgiving or your favorite berry jam to make this delicious dessert a new tradition for your family during the holidays.

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.