It means “secret flavor” but Japanese cooks think of them more like secret agents, Sakai said. “I call them little ninjas.” She sneaks sake, soy sauce and ginger into her Italian wedding soup, a dish ...
When Sonoko Sakai’s mother snuck a little miso into her lasagna, she wasn’t thinking of the kind of Japanese fusion that ... into her Italian Wedding Soup, a dish she learned from relatives ...
author of the cookbook “Wafu Cooking: Everyday Recipes with Japanese Style.” (Rick Poon/Knopf via AP) This image released by Knopf shows a recipe for Japanese Italian wedding soup, from the cookbook ...