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Rice porridge
Simple soup for a sick stomach
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Turmeric tonic
Not just for Indian curries.
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Let’s eat less…or not
Scientists need better things to do.
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Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving dinner is bento tonight.
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Cold night, warm nabe
It’s the season for tableside cooking.
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Ika meshi
Squid, Japanese-style, is just as hard to clean as squid for calamari.
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Fruit or meat?
Cast your vote now before the holiday shopping begins.
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No recovery at restaurants
Restaurant sales down 6.6%
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Coffee maven
Some days I don’t get enough coffee. Today, I’m going to need extra. And maybe I’ve already had too much.
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Autumn Cuisine
The convenience stores are stocking oden now. These stewed bits of fish paste sausages, daikon, whole eggs, and tofu-based dainties will stink up the stores in a matter of weeks. There’s a certain scent–bitter, acrid, fishy–that punctuates winter-time conbini visits. At the supermarkets, end cap displays are laden with pottery nabe, portable gas ranges, and…