Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. I am a pickle girl through and through. Pickle chips, tubs of kimchi, salty kalamata olives, tangy pickled mustard ...

Dublin, July 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Umeboshi - Global Strategic Business Report" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global market for Umeboshi was valued at an ...

I first learned about umeboshi paste—the Japanese condiment made of pureed, fermented ume fruit—from my all-time favorite cookbook, The Cranks Bible by Nadine Abensur. She includes the paste in ...

When Japanese writer Tsutomu Mizukami (1919–2004) was 9, he entered a Zen temple in Kyoto as a “kozo”—a novice monk who had taken the first step into a monastic life but was not yet fully ordained.

The small, high-ceilinged dining room at Beacon has the unmistakable buzz of the restaurant of the moment. The staff is in constant motion, delivering little plates piled with skewers of grilled ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and analysis to ...

When I was growing up in Tokyo in the ‘60s, we had bento day at school once a week. This meant Mother had to get up early and fix lunch for her five children. We were proud of her bento, which might ...

I FIRST FELL IN LOVE with the puckery-tart flavor of ume plums at the sushi bar. Frugality led me to it: A vegetarian roll made with salty plum paste and grassy shiso leaves was a very pleasant way to ...

I have a sushi restaurant to thank for my best hangover remedy. Years ago, a waitress suggested I order, in addition to burdock kinpira and avocado nori, ume shiso nori. The delicate rolls looked like ...

Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. August 3, 2021 Add as a preferred source on ...