At Home with Venetia in Kyoto - Season 4
Season 4
Episodes
At One with the Soil - Iga City, Mie Prefecture
Venetia travels to the Iga region of Mie Prefecture. A friend here has worked long and hard to prepare the soil to plant herbs, and Venetia visits the herb garden where the sage is in full bloom. She also meets a potter, Yoshitaka Hasu, for the first time in 30 years. Hasu fires his earthenware after spending months and years to mature the Iga clay. His distinctive products are designed for serving food and Venetia savors his creations together with his home cooking. The kind hospitality of her old friends fills her with a sense of well-being.
The Colors of Persimmon Tannin Juice
The rice is now rippling lushly in the fields of the Ohara district of Kyoto. For Venetia, autumn is a time for sorting things out in the house. She tidies up the tea cups in the cupboard, polishes the chairs on the terrace with persimmon tannin and does other general maintenance. Then she cooks an herby lemon chicken.
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