artisan tofu makers

[kare_raisu]

are there any existent in the us?

or miso for that matter

[Pei]

Some Japanese restaurants claime to make their own tofu; post on your home board to find them. I can think of Musha in Torrance/Santa Monica and Medicine Eatstation in San Francisco.

[Caitlin McGrath]

And of course there are the Korean restaurants specializing ins soondofu stews with freshy made tofu, but I assume the OP is looking for artisanal tofu to buy and eat at home.

[Alan408]

San Jose Tofu in Japantown.

Southern California has a designer miso producer, if I remember, (and no one else posts) I will post the name of the miso shop tonight.

[Alan408]

The Southern California Miso was imported from Japan.

[chitta chef]

South River Miso is awesome - artisanal, fire-roasted. They alsom make a wonderful, lush tamari from the dregs you can find them online and I believe the products are carried at Whole Foods.

[SteveT]

Add, in the Bay Area (notice a trend?) Hodo Soy Beanery.
www.basicsoy.com

I make my own. Tofu only. Hodo Soy was my inspiration, never having paid attention to the 15 cent commercial tofu I bought precisely because it was 15 cents.

I did some research when I started my quest and found some restaurants that make it, but don't recall if there were commercial vendors. Never checked into Miso.

[Melanie Wong]

There's also the venerable San Jose Tofu.

I think the Basic Soy folks are the next generation of the people who run Sogo Tofu. The kids have taken the product outside the ethnic Chinese community.

[Melanie Wong]

Sure. Two that I like very much are Jack in the Beanstalk in Salinas, CA and Sogo Tofu in San Jose, CA.