（日本語の文章は英文の下にあります） New adventures are around the corner. Happy New Year!! How has everyone started their new year? I’m happy that Eikorn and I were able to take a good picture together again this year! Due to the COVID-19, guests from abroad stopped coming and JJ Kitchen was in a bit of a crisis! We had no idea what kind of outlook to expect, but new opportunities rolled in, such as being in charge of the recipes and teaching cooking on a YouTube cooking channel and helping out with the publication of a cookbook. As they say, tough times bring opportunity! This year, we are planning to have a mizuhiki workshop by Eikorn, and Junko will instruct Nikuman (a steamed meat bun) workshop and bean paste flower lessons so we hope everyone will enjoy our new events! The dishes we