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Master chefs form culinary group to spread Japanese ...
Chefs prepare dishes at the monthly meeting of the Japanese cuisine laboratory study group. (Nanako Ito)
KYOTO--The secrets and techniques of master Japanese chefs have been passed down to apprentice chefs for ages, leaving others to experiment in the kitchen to try to duplicate...
Self-stirring saucepan has foodies in a spin
Soba noodles spin in a whirlpool induced by the self-stirring pot. (Daisuke Hatano)
TOBE, Ehime Prefecture--A saucepan that causes its contents to spin when heated is selling fast in Japan and promises to become the next big thing for the cook who has better...
Smoked goods bring home the bacon on the streets of ...
Hisako Ishimoto makes her own smoked goods and sells them out of her food van.  Her pitch is: “They are lip-smacking good!” (Nanako Ito)
OSAKA--An artisanal vendor is bringing delicious home-smoked foods to happy customers on the streets of Osaka--if they can find her.
Insect connoisseurs ask: Got any good recipes?
Shoichi Uchiyama, head of the Konchu Ryori Kenkyukai (Insect Cuisine Research Association), poses with crackers embedded with wasps. (Louis Templado)
It sure is not to everyone's taste, but for some daring diners eating insects is a rare delight. And they say there's no need to make a meal of it--you can eat beetles, bees...
Bento boxes on their way to change the world’s...
Winners of the 2012 Bento contest:
Entry from France (Provided by Bento&co)
KYOTO--One could forgive Thomas Bertrand for feeling boxed in.
PHOTO: Supersize stew feeds 30,000 revelers
Chefs shovel “imoni” stew from a 6-meter pot, in a festival in Yamagata on Sept. 2. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)
It was a dinner of biblical proportions: Thousands of festival-goers shared a giant stew on a riverbank in Yamagata on Sept. 2.
VOX POPULI: Meat has tickled our taste buds since...
I can name many books about cooking meat that have grabbed my attention. The latest is "Steak: One Man's Search for the World's Tastiest Piece of Beef" by Mark Schatzker, a...
Tokushima dishes up venison to curb deer population
Participants at a tasting event try out plates of venison dishes in Mima, Tokushima Prefecture. (Takashi Azuma)
For years, the city of Mima in Tokushima Prefecture has struggled to deal with an overpopulation of deer, but had no real effective means for reducing their numbers.
JAPANESE HOME COOKING: Sanma grilled in kabayaki...
Sanma (saury) kabayaki style (Photo by Katsumi Oyama)
Here's a tasty dish to add to the already wide repertoire for sanma (saury), a seasonal fish whose rich flavor is an autumn favorite.
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