Comfort food isn’t defined by the same qualities across cultures, although there are certainly similarities. “Japanese comfort food typically consists of dishes that one might find in a Japanese home ...

Curry over rice is just the beginning. Here’s how to use the flavorful, ultra-convenient roux cubes in everything from noodle soups to flaky handpies.

Tokyo-based Indian chef Tejas Sovani’s deep appreciation for the rigors of Japanese cooking was first forged at Gion Okumura in Kyoto. A pioneering institution in the heart of the ancient capital, it ...

When California native Nancy Singleton Hachisu was in her early thirties, searching for her next move, a deep love of sushi and an ear for languages led her to Japan for a year of teaching English ...

From wartime Japan to American casseroles, the story of one breadcrumb’s rise — and the science behind why it stays so crispy.

“Can we…eat this?” a man asks, dangling a fresh radish by its greens. We’re standing at a table at the Brooklyn launch party of Cabi, a new brand of Japanese ...

Hisao Yamada, owner and chef at Lincolnwood’s Renga-Tei, glides the slender blade of his knife through a marble-streaked salmon. Here is the antithesis of a chef who yells “Bam!” as he shells the ...

Etsuko Shinobu has 33 years of experience as a proper Japanese housewife, shopping twice a day for fresh groceries and cooking traditional meals for her husband and two children. I have a refrigerator ...