Make-ahead Sauces

Join us on the TSUDOI Project group on Facebook, Our project is about TŌFU.  The assignment is to create your own ORIGINAL version of 白和え SHIRA AÉ (creamy tōfu sauce). Use your imagination – and whatever ingredients you have on hand in your pantry, refrigerator or...

On the TSUDOI Project group on Facebook, you'll find a short video presentation about Make-Ahead Side Dishes. The side dishes in this project feature 3 popular kambutsu (乾物”dried things”): KIRI BOSHI DAIKON, HIJIKI, and WAKAMÉ. These are the foodstuffs that many...

Moritsuké refers to the way in which food is displayed or arranged. The word itself covers a wide range of activity from choosing the vessels – plates, dishes, platters, bowls, boxes or other containers – to design decisions regarding how space is divvyed up; it even...

Crafting menus that are mindful of color, flavor and method of preparation is central to Japan’s WASHOKU approach. It is a simple and effective way to organize food choices to make handsome meals that have all the essential nutrients you need without overindulgence....