With support from caterer Blue Sparrow, Marshall has started operating his Japanese sandwich pop-up as a food truck, touring ...

White rice with side dishes isn’t really "traditional" Japanese food. So where did we get this idea? "What is 'natural' to eat? Why are some food practices considered taboo? And who gets to decide?" ...

Ever wonder what exactly goes into an adorable Japanese bento box? Turns out, presentation and history have a lot to do with ...

A father and son in Tokyo are continuing the centuries-old tradition of making tsukudani, a preserved Japanese food.

American household, we always had certain staple sauces in our pantry. I would constantly watch endless bottles of soy sauce ...

Kang recommends buying the Ajinomoto Gyoza, frozen takoyaki, Kirkland Atlantic Salmon, Calrose or Kokuho Rose rice, and ...

Among the swaths of traditional Japanese food, the exhibit also features strikingly realistic renderings of bacon, eggs and grilled cheese.

Veganism has deep roots in Japan’s history. It’s beginning to resurface. In this excerpt, Grist’s Sachi Kitajima Mulkey and Joseph Winters explore how vegan diets are gaining a foothold in ...

Inside a new exhibition on ‘shokuhin sampuru’ — the highly realistic food replicas commonly displayed in front of restaurants in Japan, intended to lure customers inside.

"Traditional" Japanese food such as bentos and ramen have more complicated origins than most people think. They are great examples of how food is highly political, says a lecturer from the ...

Perhaps the most significant change in Japanese food tradition was the successful UNESCO Intangible Heritage bid of 2013, which saw washoku enshrined as a “traditional dietary culture”.