It’s commonly said that the Japanese language wields more food-describing onomatopoeia than any other. These adjectives capture the perceived sounds different foods make when we eat them. Saku saku! Fuwa fuwa! According to estimates, there are 445 such words in the Japanese language. “English has only slightly more than 130 words to describe the way …
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Sponsored by To understand Japanese rice is to understand the history of Japan itself. Traces of wet rice cultivation in Japan date back as far as 3,000 years ago during the late Jōmon period, when it’s believed the crop was introduced from mainland China to the island of Kyushu. Today, cooked white rice is a …
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This refreshing noodle-based salad comes from Sonoko Sakai, a Japanese American Hollywood movie producer turned cooking teacher and food writer. Whether using fresh soba noodles or dried, take care to cook very gently—don’t walk away from the pot!—as they go from perfectly cooked to overdone in a matter of moments. For the greens, use any …