Napa or Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa var. Pekinensis, is also called Chinese white cabbage, celery cabbage, or Peking cabbage. “Napa” comes from the Japanese word for “leaves,” but in Japan it is ...

QINGDAO, China — Only two years ago, Jo Sung-gu was riding the kimchi craze. The stocky manager of a kimchi factory here could barely keep up with orders for Korea’s fiery national dish. The blood-red ...

The poet T.S. Eliot famously wrote that “April is the cruelest month,” but I could make a strong case for January. With the holiday season concluded, we’re left with relatively few fun diversions from ...

If miso soup and sushi are all that come to mind when you think of Japanese cuisine, it’s time to step away from the takeout California rolls and pick up a santoku bocho (all-purpose Japanese knife).