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A recent Saturday afternoon found me cruising the aisles at a large downtown Chinese market that I’d somehow never been to in all my years of living in this town. Naturally, I made a beeline for the candy section. All the usual suspects were there – Kasugai Read More...
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Sake is a popular beverage but how it pairs with food is still a mystery to most of us. While many people first encounter sake on sushi menus, where sake really shines is with izakaya or tavern style Japanese small plates. Izakaya is getting more and Read More...
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Filed under: Dairy , On the Blogs , Food News The shelves in Japanese supermarkets that normally hold butter are turning up bare these days. There is currently a shortage of milk in Japan, which has resulted in dearth of butter (since butter obviously Read More...
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Filed under: Dessert , Asia , How To , Sugar , Ingredient Spotlight I first encountered kuro mitsu in San Francisco not long ago, at a creperie in the Japantown mall. I ordered a crepe with green tea ice cream, red bean paste, strawberries, whipped cream Read More...
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Amy Kaneko is a Bay Area resident now, but she spent time living in Japan and earlier this year she published her first book, Let's Cook Japanese Food! that details some of her favorite recipes for home-style Japanese cooking. How is Japanese home cooking Read More...
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During a discussion this past week about authenticity, someone asked me what I thought about Japanese restaurants run by Koreans, while another person asked my opinion about the Japanese government's desperate fight around the globe to save sushi. There Read More...
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Filed under: Snacks , Chocolate , Far East , Candy , Food Oddities , Trends , On the Blogs , New Products There is something about Japanese soft drinks, food, and candy treats that fascinates us here at Slashfood, and their chocolate bars are definitely Read More...
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Filed under: Books , Magazines , On the Blogs Peter Menzel , author and photographer of the book Hungry Planet, has a fascinating photo essay on Time.com featuring " What the World Eats " - a look at the types of food families around the world consume, Read More...
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Filed under: Beer , Dairy , Far East , Food Oddities , Islands , New Products Milk consumption in Japan is steadily declining and there seems to be no drop in production, which means that there is a lot of extra milk that needs to be disposed of every Read More...
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Filed under: Chocolate , Far East , Did you know? , Islands In the US, Valentine's Day celebrations are generally geared towards couples, with a slight bias towards women when it comes to the marketing of chocolates, flowers and other gifts - a bias that Read More...
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Filed under: Restaurants , Far East , Food Oddities , Super Size Me , Fast Food Remember when stuffed crust pizza seemed like a relatively new idea? The idea of stuffing a pizza crust, instead of relegating all the toppings to the surface of the pizza, Read More...
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Filed under: Far East , Culinary Kids , Food Gadgets , Islands Have you ever seen someone using a fork, knife or another eating utensil in a way that seems incredibly awkward? Because the ability to use a knife and fork is a mark of a well-socialized Read More...
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Filed under: Business , Far East , Food Gadgets , America OXO is well-known in the US for their sleek designs and both the functionality and reliability of their products, but when they decided to go global with their much-loved kitchen products, the Read More...
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Filed under: Far East , Trends , Islands , Spirits In spite of a 2,000 year old tradition, sake is declining in popularity in Japan. Consumers there are opting for wine, beer and cocktails - Western drinks - at home, at bars and at restaurants, causing Read More...
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