Miso soup must be the most popular dish in Japan. At least half the Japanese population drink miso soup three times or more every week. ...

I can't think of a more quintessential Japanese light healthy meal than a small bowl of "osumashi" clear soup and a bowl of rice, served...

Traditional japanese stock is called "dashi" which translates as "drawn out liquid" . Dashi uses combinations of fish and vegetable...

Looking out of the window this morning, it's misty and the leaves on the trees are turning into a chequerboard of faded greens and browns...

Here's a quick, healthy Japanese soup for you to make. I always thought this soup was French as it is called "corn potage" in Japan. but...

"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...

Today, I'm posting one of my favourite miso soup recipes - sweet potato miso soup. This is a great combination - the sweet potato...

I hope you all had a great Christmas and saw 2020 in with lots of good things to eat and drink. If, like me, you ate more than you...

Hello everyone. You might have seen a post I made in January titled, "..a little detox anyone.?" The recipe was for "ochazuke" - a simple...

Ochazuke may just be Japan's oldest dish. I blogged about instant ochazuke recently and that reminded me that I should publish some more...

This is a Japanese version of a Chinese dish that goes by the name of "Lion's head" meat balls. Apparently, the meat balls wreathed in...