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Thai basil, one of three types of basil commonly used in Thai cooking, is native to Southeast...

A versatile staple found in almost every Asian cuisine.

Togarashi is the Japanese word for chili pepper and a catch-all term for condiments with chili pepper.

Are they a fruit? Are they a vegetable? Let’s just go with “yes.”

If you’re familiar with Japanese cuisine, you’ve likely had tsukemono on occasion. They’re not any one dish,...

Actually belonging to zingiberaceae, the same family as ginger, turmeric is native to South and Southeast Asia....

One of Japan’s most well-known foods, udon is thicker than their culinary cousins of soba and ramen....

Until recently overshadowed in Western societies by the four other tastes — salty, sweet, sour, and bitter...

Wagyu is synonymous with exquisite beef. Technically, however, it isn’t the meat itself but rather the cattle...

For many, one of the first things associated with Japanese cuisine is seaweed. There are tons of...

The unopened head of the bracken fern.

A relative of the common cabbage, wasabi grows near mountain streams in Japan.

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