When Sonoko Sakai’s mother snuck a little miso into her lasagna, she wasn’t thinking of the kind of Japanese fusion that became an American dining craze in the 1980s.Rather, she was doing what ...

A Japanese izakaya is similar to a gastropub or tapas restaurant, where guests come together to socialize and share food together ... but we were celebrating our wedding anniversary, so it ...

In a delightful twist on the classic Italian Wedding Soup, Sonoko Sakai introduces her take, which marries the best of both worlds. Her approach is deeply rooted in Japanese culinary tradition ...