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Washoku Guide

Cooking tips and recipes from a Japanese kitchen

For a little taste of home that's not from home

Yakisoba: griddle-fried, sauce-flavored noodles

Quick kitchen revision before term begins

Nigauri: a bitter tasting late-summer gourd

Well, for starters, there's the shira-ae

Happo dashi: lightly seasoned catch-all stock

Let the seasons shine through aemono

Moyashi to mitsuba no goma-ae: sprouts and herbs with sesame dressing

Tataki : a tasty starter created in a flash

Maguro no tataki: seared tuna with ponzu sauce

For that rare occasion, why not try conger eel?

Hamo no bainiku zukuri: sea eel with ume-flavored dressing

Yes, you too can roll your own raw fish at home

Ika no shiso-maki: raw squid and shiso rolls

Simmered veggies just like mama used to make

Ebisu-nankin no nimono: boiled pumpkins

Ni-mono is a many-splendored comfort food

Nishin no uma-ni: large Pacific herring simmered uma-ni style

Straight from the grill to the kitchen table

Sanma no shio-yaki: salt-grilled fish

The fish, my friend, can be dried in the wind

Sanma no mirin-boshi: fish mirin-based marinade and dried

A special sauce that can travel anywhere

Buri no teriyaki: broiled yellowtail fillet with teriyaki sauce

Delicate pauses to refresh

Three delicacies — karasumi, konowata and sea urchin

Many different ways to play the frying game

Amadai no agemono: fried horsehead

Rice vinegar is key to the pause that refreshes

Renkon no acharazu: sweet 'n' sour lotus roots

Even classics can be improved

Kaki no chawan mushi: egg dumplings with oyster

Rice works well as a finale or as the main event

Oya-ko donburi: rice topped with simmered chicken and eggs

Ultra-sweet treats to round off a kaiseki feast

Kuzukiri no kuromitsu: chilled starch noodles in sweet sauce

Good home cooking in a category all by itself

Chikuzen-ni: a traditional chicken and vegetable dish

Savor slow food in a fast-food world

Fu no Dengaku: skewered wheat gluten with miso toppings

Warming noodles are just the ticket

Nyumen: warm somen noodle dish

The air is clear and the food gives cheer

Good pottery, beef and vegetarian fare at Kansai's Tamba region

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