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5 Amazing Umeshu (Plum Wine) Cocktail Recipes for the Holidays
Natasha Van Duser
Making cocktails with wine is nothing new. The French 75 is topped off with sparkling wine, and the New York sour takes a traditional whiskey sour and ...
3 Taru Sake Cocktail Recipes You Have To Try
Natasha Van Duser
Barrel aging spirits to evoke a distinct flavor profile has been a tried-and-true practice for hundreds of years. Many tequila and rum distilleries age...
What Is Dango? Mitarashi Dango and Other Dango Recipes
Taylor Markarian
The world of “wagashi,” or traditional Japanese sweets, is simple, fun, ancient and colorful. Once upon a time, basic ingredients such as red beans and...
What Is Taiyaki? Taiyaki Recipes
Alice Hama
Article by Taylor Markarian Recipes by Alice Hama Taiyaki is one of Japan’s most emblematic desserts. It even makes an appearance in the extremely pop...
How To Make a Hanami Bento for Cherry Blossom Season
Alice Hama
The cherry blossom is an iconic flower of Japan, and it plays a very important cultural role. Late March to early April is cherry blossom season in Jap...
Oden Recipe: The Essential Wintertime Japanese Stew
Alice Hama
Oden is a type of Japanese stew with traditional ingredients such as daikon radish, chikuwa, hanpen, tsumire, ganmodoki, konnyaku, etc. (I’ll explain w...
Gochujang Marinated Pork Rib Recipe
Susan Yoon
One meat dish that cannot go unappreciated in Korean cuisine is “doeji kalbi,” gochujang marinated pork ribs. I grew up eating doeji kalbi at a small r...
Miso Cod Recipe
Alice Hama
Saikyo miso-glazed black cod, or just “miso cod” in the U.S., is a savory Japanese fish dish made by marinating fish in a paste made with miso, mirin, ...
Buttermilk Biscuit Sandwich with Ham & Cheese Recipe
Susan Yoon
As the weather cools and the holiday season creeps up we start to crave richer foods. One of my favorite things to make for holiday gatherings is butte...
Nikomi Hambagu (Stewed Japanese Hamburg Steak)
Alice Hama
Hambagu is an iconic yoshoku dish, a western-inspired Japanese dish. Growing up, this was a special occasion menu for me as my mom always served it on...
Napolitan Pasta recipe
Alice Hama
I cooked this dish one night when my sommelier friends came over to my place after working a late night shift. I did not have much ingredients left in ...
Japanese Katsu Sando Recipe
Alice Hama
Katsu sando “Sando” is the word Japanese people use for sandwich for short, like a nickname. When you go to a “konbini” (convenience store) in Japan, ...
Easy Hand Roll Sushi Recipe with Sake
Alice Hama
Temaki literally means “a hand roll.” At a sushi restaurant, it is usually a cone-shaped sushi wrapped with nori seaweed. Temaki can also mean do-it-yo...
Cheesing out of 2020 — How to Build a Charcuterie Board
Louie Anne Batac-Nguyen
Growing up, I had the impression that cheese and pepperoni slices were just common go-to snacks that parents would toss into their kids’ lunchboxes. I ...
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