Takénoko (bamboo) shoots that are left to grow become mature pole-like bamboo trees.The youngest, most tender,…
The world’s oldest known cookbook, “The Art of Cooking,” attributed to Marcus Gavius Apicius…
Akila Inouye runs the Tsukiji Soba Academy in Tokyo. A fan of molecular cuisine, his teaching method relies on…
Do tomatoes taste better when eaten from a nice Japanese ceramic plate? Objectively, no. But the experience of…
The Japanese have been eating salmon (saké) for thousands of years, though historically it was consumed cooked…
Though the moon waxes and wanes every month, chūshū no meigetsu, literally “moon of the middle autumnal month,…
NHK (Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), Japan’s national broadcasting system produces and transmits television and radio sho…
Food cultures around the world employ various aromatic herbs and spices to stimulate the appetite and promote …
With their pink hue, sakura mochi instantly evoke the colour of cherry blossom, and indeed this is the origin …
The World’s Best Rice comes in a sturdy, gold-embossed box containing six slender packages. Sold for ¥10,800 f…
