Wafu literally means “Japanese in style ... She sneaks sake, soy sauce and ginger into her Italian Wedding Soup, a dish she learned from relatives on her grandmother’s side, who are ...
(Knopf via AP) This image released by Knopf shows Sonoko Sakai., author of the cookbook “Wafu Cooking: Everyday Recipes with Japanese Style.” (Rick Poon/Knopf via AP) This image released by Knopf ...
It means “secret flavor” but Japanese cooks think of them more like secret agents, Sakai said. “I call them little ninjas.” She sneaks sake, soy sauce and ginger into her Italian Wedding Soup, a dish ...
This traditional Japanese soup includes mochi and chicken and is a soothing way to start the new year. Traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day, ozoni is a Japanese soup made with mochi ...
Rather, she was doing what Japanese cooks had been doing for centuries: adapting to outside influences. Many dishes now thought of as quintessentially Japanese are fusions once considered foreign ...