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COOKING

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Tools of the Japanese Kitchen
May 27, 2017
Hone your knowledge of Japanese kitchen knives
Japanese kitchen knives have a worldwide reputation for excellent quality and artistic beauty. The trouble is, there's so much mythology and romance surrounding them, not to mention a bewilderingly wide range of prices and types, that it can be difficult to make a choice.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / NATURE'S PANTRY
Apr 29, 2017
Diving into the myriad ways to enjoy Japan's sea greens
The seasonality of fruits, vegetables, nuts and fungi growing in the fields and mountains of Japan is fairly obvious to many of us who we are familiar with such places and foods.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2017
Elderly Sapporo pair suffer carbon monoxide poisoning while barbecuing in closed hut
Two elderly people were rushed to a hospital Wednesday evening after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning while cooking on a barbecue in a house garden in Sapporo, local police said. Their injuries were not life-threatening.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / INVENTING THE TASTE OF JAPAN
Mar 17, 2017
The mysteries of 'konnyaku': Health food aid or choking hazard?
Anyone living in or even visiting Japan will likely have come across a certain ghastly, grey, gelatinous substance.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Sep 16, 2016
How Chinese stir-frying snuck into Japanese homes
Stir-frying, often thought to be a part of all East and Southeast Asian cuisines, has a fairly short history in Japan. The method of rapidly cooking chopped food in oil over a hot fire was first introduced to the country by Chinese immigrants in the Meiji Period (1868-1912). This was the era when restaurants serving mainly Cantonese-style cuisine started appearing in Tokyo and other big cities. However, in the days of wood-burning stoves — where heat could not be regulated easily — stir-frying was thought to require professional skills. Home cooks in Japan knew how to steam-cook, stew food in liquid or grill food over charcoal, but stir-frying was not part of their skill set.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2016
Ready-to-cook meal kits a hit with dual-income families
Ready-to-cook meals made by NH Foods Inc. and Lawson Fresh, a food delivery service run by convenience store chain Lawson Inc., are proving popular with double-income families in Japan.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 5, 2016
Yoji Tokuyoshi's 'contaminated' take on Italian cuisine
Most Japanese chefs who go to Italy stay just long enough to learn new skills before returning home. Very few stay and set up their own restaurants. Yoji Tokuyoshi not only did that, he became the first to win a Michelin star there.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2015
Kofu woman closed eatery to volunteer as 'washoku' teacher in Cambodia
Toshimi Furusawa, 62, flew to Cambodia this summer to teach local people traditional Japanese cooking as a senior volunteer with the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
May 22, 2015
The dog days of cooking
Here's a recipe for ambiguity: Cooking with dog. Could it literally mean, cooking a dog? How about cooking for canines? Or, is it some weird code for cooking fetishes somewhere on the deep Web? Lucky for us (and the dogs), "Cooking with Dog" is a YouTube show featuring a Japanese housewife, known only as "Chef," and a toy poodle named "Francis," who perches next to Chef and narrates her recipes in English.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / JAPAN TIMES BLOGROLL
Apr 3, 2015
Ochikeron
Ochikeron, a Tokyo-based YouTuber, has transformed her kitchen into a studio as she uploads Japanese cooking videos introducing easy and quick-to-prepare recipes for viewers.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Mar 17, 2015
Wild wasabi proves a warrior ingredient in many a dish
The pungent green wasabi is native to Japan, as its botanical name Eutrema japonicum indicates.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2015
Chefs from eight countries battle to win Japanese food contest
Chefs from eight countries participated in a Japanese cooking contest Friday in Kyoto to see who could had the best offerings in "washoku," or traditional Japanese cuisine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 27, 2015
New Zealand city to build a Beppu steam cuisine center
One of Japan's most popular hot-spring resorts is helping a city in New Zealand to harness steam from its hot springs to cook food.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 13, 2015
Eat Osaka teaches you how to cook like a local
Here's a joke unlikely to be endorsed by the Osaka Government Tourism Bureau: "There are three great reasons to visit Osaka: great people, great food and because Kyoto doesn't have an airport." The truth hurts, even if it's also mildly humorous.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Dec 30, 2014
Insects crawl onto our dinner plates — that's a good thing
I am a fairly fearless eater. I've dined on boiled goose blood and fish bladders in Hong Kong, llama pate in Chile, and fermented whale meat on the Faroe Islands — although I draw the line at Greenland's seal-and-blubber soup. Upon hearing that the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo had recently started offering insect snacks at the Mandarin Bar, I immediately wanted to taste them.
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2014
Filipino cooking project targets female Japanese tourists
Thai noodles and Indian curries are well known among young, gourmet-loving Japanese women, but dishes from the Philippines have yet to find their way into the hearts and stomachs of this key demographic.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / A TASTE OF HOME
Dec 2, 2014
Finding comfort in a Belgian bowl
The mercury has dropped and the nights are getting longer. As the temperature plummets so does the need for culinary sophistication. Filigree garnishes, amusingly carved vegetables and light bonito broths frankly no longer cut it. To put it another way: December is less about yuzu-infused shoyu, and more about meat-pie-infused face.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Nov 15, 2014
Holiday gifts they'll cherish from cover to cover
As the holiday season rolls around, it's time to dash about in a mad panic in search of gifts that say "I've given this one some thought, honest." Or you can just let us do the thinking for you, with gift suggestions from our regular book reviewers — tailor-made for the Japanophile reader.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / CULINARY TOOLBOX
Oct 28, 2014
'Nukadoko': The kitchen helper with a mind of its own
For years, I'd resisted the urge to start my own nuka-pickle pot.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Oct 14, 2014
Japan's take on the humble burger
There are two dishes that can be translated as "hamburger" in Japan. One is the all-American favorite, a beef patty sandwiched in a bun, which in Japanese is called hanbāgā. The other kind is similar to a Hamburg steak or Salisbury steak, made with chopped onions, breadcrumbs and egg mixed with the ground meat and called hanbāgu. It is pan-fried and served on a plate, often with a rich sauce, and is meant to be eaten with plain steamed rice rather than in a bun.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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