Starter: Our Japanese cucumber salad is the best fresh and tasty summer meal! Easy to prepare, this salad combines crunchy cucumbers with a delicate marinade made from rice vinegar, sugar and soy ...

Cucumber salad gets an upgrade thanks to shrimp, tomatoes, and seaweed. This Japanese cucumber salad from 2000 F&W Best New Chef Takashi Yagihashi is simple, elegant, and perfectly balanced.

based on traditional Japanese cooking techniques! Featured recipes: (1) Squid, Cucumber and Myoga with Kimizu Sauce (2) Kiriboshi Daikon and Broccoli Salad. 1. Score both sides of the squid in a ...

(This technique is called "sazanami-giri.") Slit each slice. 2. Rub a cucumber with salt and rinse with water. Make diagonal slits along both sides of the cucumber. (This is called "jabara-giri.") ...

This salad is as much fun to make as it is to eat, with springy, spicy coils of crunchy cucumber in a highly seasoned dressing. The nifty helix effect is achieved by placing two chopsticks ...

This Japanese take on a Korean salad is ready in minutes and has been getting a near-nightly run at my place recently. Pick and wash the lettuce leaves, combine with the cucumber and refrigerate ...