Japanese winters can get very cold, especially in the north of the country. And when the mercury closes in on zero, Japanese mums get out...

Here's a one-pot winter warmer from Japan...oden. While oden might not be so well known outside of Japan, it is very popular with the...

"There's a pig in my soup!" This could the start of a corny joke...but it's not. In Japan this dish - Tonjiru, literally means "pork...

Happy St. Valentine's day everyone! If you want to serve something special for your loved one tonight, I can't think of anything better...

My latest recipe is a modern take on the traditional Japanese hotpot, which in Japanese, we call Nabe. In many Japanese homes, a nabe dish...

Here's a winter fish hotpot (or nabe in Japanese) recipe from Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido. This is a traditional Japanese...

When I first came to England (nearly thirty years ago, OMG!), soya milk was something you found in health food shops and just about...

When it's cold and grey outside, I think you'd agree that there's nothing better to put you in a positive frame of mind than a tasty &...