presented by United States Steel
Network with JASP members and supporters at this day-long event. This is a great opportunity to spend the day with a client, treat employees, or network with industry colleagues while supporting a worthy cause.
Take your team-building and networking to the course for a fun day on the links.
This year's event will be held at Edgewood Country Club, designed by Donald Ross. Ross's philosophy of golf architecture can best be described by a quotation he often used, "Golf should be a pleasure, not a penance." his interpretation of the word pleasure was very broad, implying not only a fair course which presents problems and challenges to all types of golfers, but also which is a natural as possible. Visit their website for a tour.
The golf tournament will begin at noon. Golfers compete for winning team trophies, individual skill prizes, and hole-in-one prizes. A post-golf cocktail hour will provide opportunities to meet the other guests and win raffle prizes, including Grand Prize ticket vouchers from Delta Airlines!
We hope you will join us for this fun and popular event.
When we eat Japanese foods, many of us do not realize we are eating byproducts of fermentation. Sake, miso, even soy sauce is fermented using a funky fungus known as koji. Over the last decade or two, this unconventional fermentation method has slowly started to catch the eye of food scientists worldwide and has inspired many chefs to experiment with it in their kitchens. This talk will give a brief overview of the science behind koji, a look at how some professional fermenters are using it, as well as a couple of ideas for how you can experiment with koji or koji byproducts in your own cooking or baking! We hope you leave inspired to try some food-science experiments of your own in your home kitchen!
Continuing our 2024 Japan Lecture Series, join the JASP in welcoming Steven Baleno, where he will be hosting a talk titled "Fermenting Flavor: Koji in the Kitchen". Light hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided. Attendance is free, but registration is required.
If you would like to have wine or sake to enjoy during the lecture or take home, order by May 28 from https://www.dreadnoughtwines.com/shop.
Steven Baleno is an educator with a passion for exploring the intersection of Japanese culinary techniques and how to apply them within Western kitchens. Currently serving as the Japanese teacher at Shaler Area Middle School, Steven brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to his role. He is currently working with the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) to develop lessons for K-12 teachers on Japanese fermentation.
Explore nihonga Japanese-style painting with local artist Hiromi Katayama! Building on traditional techniques, the term nihonga (日本画) was coined in the Meiji period (1868–1912) as a conscious effort to preserve and promote Japanese artistic forms in reaction to Western-style painting, or yōga (洋画). Ms. Katayama will introduce the special water-based pigments and painting techniques to demonstrate different varieties of this art form. Attendees will also have the opportunity to try sumi-e in a hands-on workshop. Sumi-e is ink painting on thin rice paper using sumi ink and bamboo brushes with expressive brush strokes.
Join the JASP on June 18, 2024 for a lecture about these two types of Japanese painting. Light hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided.
Hiromi Katayama, a native of Ibaraki, Japan, is a professional artist currently working from her private studio in Houston, Pennsylvania. Hiromi's love for creative art was founded in the studio of her mentor, Renjoin Sensei, from the age of nine years old. Before she came to the United States, Hiromi received her BFA in Japanese Traditional Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan, in the spring of 2008. In the summer of 2008, Hiromi traveled to Pennsylvania, where she studied for her MFA in the painting program at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, graduating in May of 2012. At the close of her personal academic journey, Hiromi gained representation and found success as her galleries’ clientele received her art. Hiromi continues to create work using traditional Japanese pigments and techniques; through traditional methods and materials, and her belief in cultural foundations in nature, she hopes to share her culture and a little bit of herself with her audience. Through international exhibition and public displays of her work, Hiromi strives to influence, inspire, and educate. This vision has resulted in the permanent exhibition of Hiromi’s work in museums, corporations, and esteemed private collections.
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