Here you can find stories about and recipes for miso soup and curry rice, two well-loved Japanese foods. Feel free to learn more about, arguably, the national dishes of Japan, and maybe try your hand at making them.
Signature Dishes
Mrs. Hashimoto’s Curry Rice
Mrs. Hashimoto carried her age in her hands, each fold a year, each crease a line of crops. They reminded me of my own grandmother’s hands, gnarled by time, balls of coal collapsing into diamond. Her quick and falsetto cackle, of the entirely benevolent kind, referenced my mother’s, an auditory reminder to keep a cheery disposition at your side like a gun. I found home in her, which was strange, given that I was halfway around the globe—stranded in the middle of an ocean of green earth and distant birdsong. Read More
A National Staple: Miso Soup
Omnipresent on every Japanese tablespace, miso soup plays the fetching roles of breakfast nourishment, lunch accompaniment, and dinner appetizer. Highlighting the culinary powerhouse that is fermented soybean paste, aka miso, miso soup supports almost every Japanese meal like a gastronomically–inclined Atlas. Read More