Get the Homemade Shoyu Ramen recipe. PHOTO: JOEL GOLDBERG; FOOD STYLING: HADLEY SUI 12 Air Fryer Miso-Glazed Scallops A riff on chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s famous miso-glazed cod, these scallops are our new date night go-to. Though they feel kinda fancy, but they’re so easy to make (and...
Dashi is the basic Japanese soup stock used in many Japanese dishes. Learn how to make Awase Dashi at home with umami-packed ingredients like kombu (dried kelp) and katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes). When you decide to make Japanese food, you will realize that a lot of recipes require da...
The only ingredient you need to make homemade panko is Japanese sandwich bread. Also known as shokupan or Japanese milk bread, it has a plush and elastic texture that makes it shred rather than crumble. The irregular shards of bread create a more airy coating, which is part of what gives...
I’m in the Japan Times this week with a lesson about how to makenattō: “One man’s journey to perfect homemade nattō.” A few weeks back I sawsome folks discussing nattō on Twitter, which made me realize that I hadn’t made Japanese breakfast for a while. There was a stretch i...
Thinking about ditching kibble in favor of homemade dog food? Follow these tips to keep things nutritionally balanced.
Update: I've updated this post substantially in these two articles, 10 years later: How to cook great Japanese style rice, and How to make sushi rice (shari). Please take a look there - you'll probably find them a lot clearer. I've learned a lot myself i
different things you can do to make fancier wine — such asnot using white sugarorwhy “racking” your winemight be a good idea— step on over to my very own1 minute wine journal, where I talk through each batch I’ve made and what I learned about this process by doing it repeatedly...
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You make food an activity—a game. This one required a little strategizing, but hey, we had time. A copy of Atsuko Ikeda’s excellent Sushi Made Simple helped, too. To start, I wondered, how much fish and rice did we need? I reached out to Jihan Lee, chef and partner at Nami ...
Disclaimer: “authentic” mapotofuis hard to perfect without a flaming hot wok above a fire and some hard-to-find ingredients. Never fear, we've made some concessions and this one is still delicious. Just make sure to serve it withriceto help sop up all that yummy sauce!