Japanese Dishes for Wine Lovers
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: May 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9784770030030
Subjects: National & regional cuisine; Cooking / Wine; Cooking; Japan; Beverages - Wine & Spirits; Regional & Ethnic - Japanese; Cooking / Japanese; Cookery, Japanese
First sentence: In Western society, the roots of the vine had firmly established themselves by the time the Greek and Roman gods of wine, Dionysus and Bacchus, were at their zenith In Japan, though, legend has it that the vine arrived m 718, passed by Buddha to a holy man called Gyöki, who planted it in what is present-day Yamanashi Prefecture.