Ozoni, a Japanese soup with mochi, is traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day. This version from chef Takashi Yagihashi calls ...

1. Cut the kombu (after making dashi broth) into fine strips. Place in a pot, add equal parts of water and sake. Cover with a drop-lid and simmer for 15 minutes. 2. Add sugar and soy sauce and ...

This combination of bonito flakes and kombu makes the most popular and flavorful all-purpose dashi. The idea is to extract the flavors by steeping the ingredients for the first round of dashi, which ...

'Alien plant' fossil discovered near Utah ghost town doesn't belong to any known plant families, living or extinct Egyptian ...

Living in Hawaii, the traditions of the local people are so ingrained in many homes and you don’t need to be Japanese to ...

And, dashi is the ingredient that produces this umami. Kombu, bonito flakes, and other foodstuffs that were transported to the landlocked capital were combined to concoct this stock. Japanese ...

There’s a common misconception that professional chefs cook complex meals at home. In reality, the last thing most chefs want ...

I believe the ultimate essence of “washoku” (traditional Japanese food) lies in “dashi” stock made with ingredients such as kombu and katsuobushi. And this was borne out by “WASHOKU ...

Soak the kombu in a large stock pot for 30 minutes in 2.5 litres ... do not boil the kombu in the water for a long time or the dashi will become bitter. Add the roasted and rinsed wings and ...