BJ reunion amid the raw fish

Paula’s family, gathered in Akron for their annual celebration of multiple August birthdays, wanted to dine at a sushi restaurant. So they picked Sushi Katsu, 1446 North Portage Path, voted “Best Sushi in Ohio” by Northern Ohio Live magazine.

Amid the raw fish, there was a BJ Features Department reunion involving Jane Snow, twice voted the national James Beard award for food writers during her BJ days, and John Olesky, retired BJ Television Editor. 

Sushi Katsu owner/chef Tony Gawaguchi, Jane's husband,  was a chef for Sushi Katsu in Tokyo, Japan, and in Hawaii, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles for Hatsu Hana before opening his Merriman Valley restaurant in 1990.

Since her 2006 retirement from the Beacon, Jane has written for magazines and E-zines and writes a weekly Internet newsletter, See Jane Cook (www.janesnowtoday.com). 

Her cookbook, “Jane Snow Cooks,” was published in 2009 by the University of Akron Press.

Jane and Tony live in Copley.