In 1944, a year before the Pacific War ended, civilians on the home front suffered from severe food shortages as the fighting ...

From sushi and rice balls to ramen and fried chicken, Japanese food ... edible seaweed. It is used with bonito flakes to make dashi, and is often cooked and eaten afterwards.

Now, all that’s great, but — aside from eating sushi all day and adding some dry seaweed to your miso soup — are there any other easy ways to incorporate this superfood into our diet without having to ...

Here are several easy and delicious ways to cook it at home. In the past, I wrote a general guide to Japanese seaweed, its health and beauty benefits and why you should eat this superfood more ...

Unless gathered absolutely fresh, seaweed tends to be sold dried. It is available fresh from May to June. Carrageen, or Irish moss, is used as a vegetarian gelling agent in some processed foods.

Takoyaki anyone? Don't leave Kyoto, Japan without trying their delicious street food. This list provides the top 10 street ...

Chef Saito continues to teach us about traditional Japanese kaiseki set course meals ... Cut the wakame seaweed into 4 to 5cm squares and parboil. 3. To make the dashi stock, simmer the kombu ...

Our series on dried food ... by the sea, seaweed has been part of the diet since ancient times. Wakame even appears in the "Manyoshu," the oldest existing collection of classical Japanese poetry.

About Valentine Sushi Roll Recipe: Let’s celebrate love in Japanese way with these cute heart shaped sushi rolls ... Grab a single sheet of nori seaweed and cut it in half before spreading cooked rice ...