author of the cookbook “Wafu Cooking: Everyday Recipes with Japanese Style.” (Rick Poon/Knopf via AP) This image released by Knopf shows a recipe for Japanese Italian wedding soup, from the cookbook ...

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 ...

Make a comforting bowl of Japanese curry udon soup, with fried pork belly, tofu and chewy, slippery noodles – it's super simple and tastes amazing. To make the dashi, soak the kombu in 600ml/1 ...

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This cover image released by Knopf shows "Wafu Cooking: Everyday Recipes with Japanese Style," a cookbook by Sonoko Sakai. (Knopf via AP) ...

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 ...

When Sonoko Sakai’s mother snuck a little miso into her lasagna, she wasn’t thinking of the kind of Japanese fusion that became an American dining craze in the 1980s. Rather, she was doing ...