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    Okonomiyaki is the epitome of Japanese comfort food, a dish that's readily available throughout Japan. At first glance, it looks like an example of fusion cuisine where the western technique of making crepes was incorporated into the yaki culinary technique of cooking on a hot iron grill. In...
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    This is a recipe that I've had around for a few weeks and I just haven't had the chance to post yet. As you've probably noticed over the last few months, I've been exploring and playing around with Asian foods. One of the problems with making Asian dishes is the fact that they often require...
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    I think we've hit a heat wave over here on the west coast. Other places may look at our low 30 temperatures and think, "That's nothing!" Well, it sure doesn't feel like nothing to me! I'm the type of person who would rather be too cold than too hot. You can always put on another jacket to warm...
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    D woke up feeling pretty good this morning, so we decided to head down to the Powell Street Festival . This is a yearly festival that celebrates Japanese culture in its many forms. From bonsai trees to live drumming to lots of delicious food, there was plenty to do and see. As interesting as...
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    Miso soup (misoshiru 味噌汁) is one of the fundamental staples of Japanese cuisine. For many older or more traditionally-minded Japanese people, a meal isn't complete without rice and miso soup. Fortunately, miso soup is very easy to make. Ingredients The ingredients are very simple: dashi, miso...
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    Dashi (出汁) is arguably the most important fundamental ingredient in Japanese cooking, the basis of misoshiru (miso soup), sauces, and simmering liquids. It is an infusion (like tea) best thought of as comparable to stock. Like stock, dashi is best made rather than purchased, and indeed most of...
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    The Japanese term santoku [三得] means "three virtues," which has a distinct Buddhist connotation. Somewhere around 1920 or so, this term was applied to a hybrid Western-style knife, manufactured in Japan and constructed with the modern Japanese housewife in mind. Far more recently, the term has...
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    There are several wiki articles here presenting classic basics of knives, but thus far they're all out of date. Something has changed lately - something big. That's the advent of high-quality Japanese knives. This wiki is intended to give you some fundamental information about these knives...
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