Charles Namba is the chef and co-owner of Tsubaki and Ototo, a modern izakaya and its next-door sake bar, in Los Angeles. He grew up eating the Japanese dumplings gyoza. “It’s always been around ...

Rie McClenny grew up in southwestern Japan with family members who not only loved to cook but, as the owners of a tearoom and cafe in their small seaside city, were pretty darn good at it. The simple, ...

This week Charles Namba, chef and co-owner of the Echo Park side-by-side establishments Tsubaki and Ototo, joins us in the kitchen to make two versions of his mother’s gyoza. He boils the pork ...

The food court at the Mitsuwa Marketplace, the giant Japanese grocery store in suburban Arlington Heights, is home to one of the best bowls of ramen in the Chicago area, thanks to the Santouka food ...

Being raised bicultural, having a Japanese mother and an American father, it was always great fun to visit relatives on both sides, in both countries. My mother being a wonderful cook, she would often ...

The premium fried noodles of the dumpling grandmother " Powder Baked Soba" was renewed on February 1, 2019. Reborn "pole-grilled soba" is a special upgrade menu finished with sticky recipes, such as ...

Rie McClenny grew up in southwest Japan with family members who not only loved to cook but, as the owners of a tea room and cafe in their small seaside city, were pretty good at it. The simple, ...