Despite the best efforts of the British summer, my crop of shiso has really did me proud in 2021. I had several pots of the stuff growing...

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. ...

Sweet & sour fried Tofu is a variant on the ubiquitous Chinese recipe, sweet and sour pork. Using tofu makes the dish more healthy and,...

If there's one complaint I hear about tofu, it's about the taste, or rather the lack of it. But I think that's the great thing about tofu...

If you haven't already noticed, I am a big fan of one bowl donburi dishes (a donburi being a bed of steamed rice on top of which a...

I don't know about you but I love tahini - that lovely thick paste made from ground sesame seeds. The Japanese use sesame quite a lot in...

I'm in Japan at the moment visiting friends and family. Before I left, I developed a really nice Miso Tahini sauce which I thought would...

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

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 &...