おうちごはん！(Ouchigohan) – Yakitori, Hiyajiru, & Ice‑Brewed Green Tea
Sat, Jul 25
|Online
Cool down this July with a family friendly online home cooking class! Learn how to prepare light, refreshing, and delicious Japanese meals right from your own kitchen.
Time & Location
Jul 25, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Online
About the event
おうちごはん！(Ouchigohan)
Yakitori, Hiyajiru, & Ice‑Brewed Green Tea
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, July 25, 2026
4:00 - 5:30 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 Georgia 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!
Join us and experience the flavors of a Japanese summer with a menu featuring Yakitori (grilled chicken skewers), savory Hiyajiru (chilled miso soup), and refreshing Ice-Brewed Green Tea. This delicious combination offers a wonderful balance that is sure to beat the heat!
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.