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THE WAY OF WASHOKU

LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Jun 24, 2001
Hiyashi somen: the cool slurp of summer
On a hot summer day nothing refreshes like cold, wet noodles. Japan eats a rice-based diet most of the year, but in the summertime, to lighten the hot-weather menu and relieve pressure on dwindling rice storage from the previous fall, the population turns to cold noodles.
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Jun 17, 2001
Savoring rewards of slow food
In addition to just eating a plump one with a bowl of hot rice to improve digestion and settle your stomach, there are four basic condiment staples made with dried salt-preserved Japanese apricots (umeboshi). If you were ahead of the game and pickled your umeboshi this time last year, now is the time...
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Jun 3, 2001
Ume, back in the pink
Get out the salt and pop open the white liqueur — the season for ume is upon us. The diminutive Prunus mume — referred to erroneously as a plum but technically an apricot — has hit the shelves and is available in its preferred unripe form for the next month and a half. Farmers growing these apricots...
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
May 20, 2001
A good reason to hit the sauce
When a friend of mine dragged two other friends from the States to Osaka to eat at the first restaurant I apprenticed at in Japan, they were prepared to pay 10,000 yen for the pleasure of eating the omakase, a several-course menu selected by the chef. What they were not ready for was the main dish: a...
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
May 6, 2001
A flavor-enhancer to be handled with care
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LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Apr 22, 2001
Taking stock of basics
All great food begins with perfect dashi (stock).
LIFE / Food & Drink / THE WAY OF WASHOKU
Apr 8, 2001
Rice grains of wisdom
I spent five years cooking in fine dining restaurants in the U.S., and yet I was not quite prepared for life as an apprentice in a Japanese kitchen.

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A store clerk tries to cool things down in front of their shop by spraying a hose.
Is extreme weather changing the way Japan shops?