“Butter on rice was such a thing,” says Sakai, 69, the first American-born child of her Japanese parents. “My mother grew up post-war, and there was hunger. Coming to America from ...
A survey in Japan found that most singles prefer to use store-bought products rather than making their own meals, with only older women showing more of a tendency to cook from scratch. A JMA ...
Achieving this balance can be a challenge because the yolk cooks at a lower temperature than the white. Hard boiling an egg can yield a chalky yolk, while cooking low and slow can produce jelly-like, ...
Tonkatsu, a fried pork cutlet, came from French chefs cooking in the imperial court after Japan opened to the West during the Meiji period of the late 1800s. And curry arrived when the English ...
Studio Ghibli specialty shop Donguri Kyowakoku actually calls them kappogi, which usually refers to a traditional kind of Japanese cooking and housework garment that was originally worn over kimono.