Food & Drink | THE RECIPE BOX Nov 20, 2021
Recipe: Loaded twice-baked ikura potatoes
by Kiera Wright-Ruiz
With an injection of umami and a slew of Japanese fixings, your plain old potatoes will never need to be dull again.
Food & Drink | JAPANESE KITCHEN Oct 9, 2021
Recipe: Umami-rich potato salad
by Makiko Itoh
Makiko Itoh revisits the classic Japanese potato salad with an umami-rich, creamy version that has a bit of a spicy kick.
Food & Drink | JAPANESE KITCHEN Oct 17, 2020
As the weather cools, make this hearty nimono simmered stew
by Makiko Itoh
The taro has been a staple starch for centuries, and today it’s grown all over Japan. Here, it rounds out a fall stew perfect for lunch or dinner.
Food & Drink | JAPANESE KITCHEN Jul 18, 2020
Potesara: Japan’s ‘most familiar and loved salad’
by Makiko Itoh
A recent Twitter controversy about potato salad has brought the much-loved dish back into the national spotlight.
National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY May 4, 2019
Japan Times 1944: Potatoes to be grown on Diet Building lawn
Neat squares of Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn will dot the spacious lawn of the Diet Building grounds in a movement not to leave any cultivable land idle. The work on the first plot in the Diet grounds was tackled by 45 attendants ...
Business Sep 13, 2017
Japan lifts 11-year import ban on Idaho potatoes, as risk of pale potato cyst nematode recedes
The government on Tuesday lifted an 11-year import ban on potatoes grown in Idaho, the largest U.S. potato producer, after confirming a lowered risk of crop pest invasion, sources said. Japan suspended imports of all potatoes grown in the United States in 2006 and later ...
Business May 12, 2017
Hokkaido's potato farmers haven't recovered from last summer's typhoons, which means consumers will have to wait until at least fall before the usual range of potato chip products returns to store shelves. The farm ministry expects the chip shortage to last until the island prefecture's ...
Food & Drink | JAPANESE KITCHEN Apr 22, 2017
The storied history of the potato in Japanese cooking
by Makiko Itoh
The main clue as to when potatoes first entered Japan comes from its name in Japanese, jaga-imo. When the tubers, which originate in the Americas, were first introduced to the port city of Nagasaki in 1598, they were brought in by Dutch traders from Djajakarta ...
National Apr 14, 2017
Spud shortage in Japan makes potato chips a hot commodity
by Shoko Oda
Demand for potato chips surged in Japan this week, with products on offer for six times their retail price online after snack maker Calbee Inc. halted the sale of some of its most popular chip brands. Calbee's pizza-flavored chips were selling for about ¥1,250 on ...