Six Americans walk into a Tokyo sake bar. Well, they try to, but the stand-up bar at Nihonshu Stand Moto is almost full, with eight young hipsters crowded around its U-shaped counter, and the manager ...

In an attempt to reverse flagging sales in its birthplace where sake is considered “an old man’s drink,” the Sake Sommelier Association is challenging adventurous gourmands to think outside the wine ...

Sommelier Courtney Kaplan and her partner chef Charles Namba recently opened Ototo, a sake bar in Echo Park next to their popular izakaya, Tsubaki. Kaplan says Ototo is designed as a casual ...

Have you always wanted to learn to make sushi? Have you bought all the ingredients necessary, only to make a mess halfway through and end up eating the crab by itself? Yeah, we’ve been there. Things ...

I sure hope there’s homework. Maybe I’ll get slapped with detention, too. Who wouldn’t think such thoughts when signing up for sake school? Sake 101, an occasional class at Zushi Japanese Bistro in ...

Want to tell honjozo from junmai? The world of sake and its rituals and classifications can be bewildering to novices. But this beginner’s guide to the bevvy takes some mystery out of it You can save ...