HUNGRY GERALD

Yes, son Jeremy and wife, Maiko Sakamoto live and thrive in Tokyo. HG/BSK’s grandkids, Haru and Teru, are growing up and are hip urbanites. knowledgeable about Japanese food, design, fashion and the efficient subway system. Jeremy and Maiko own and run their busy Brooklyn Barbecue Izakaya, Freeman Shokudo. It serves the best pastrami in the world (According to sophisticated New Yorkers who live in Japan). Take that,Katz’s!!  Jeremy makes outstanding gumbo and sometimes has it on the Freeman Shokudo menu (Appreciated by gourmand customers).  Fresh okra and shrimp were spotted in the local market by BSK. File powder in the pantry. BSK made enough shrimp gumbo enabling  HG/BSK to have lusty dinners two nights in a row.  As good as Jeremy’s? Don’t know. But it was tasty and brought back the many wonderful dinners HG/BSK had with the Tokyo emigres when they lived in Tokyo and summered on PEI. HG/BSK honor Maiko as the best cook in the world. (Looking forward– fingers crossed–to seeing them on PEI this summer).     INFO: Those not familiar with Hungry Gerald blog, PEI is Prince Edward Island, Canada’s smallest and most serene province. It’s a true island–washed by the seas and criss-crossed by rivers, lakes and bays. HG/BSK have an oceanfront home there which they share with their family.