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Ancient mushroom models, plus a recipe for oven-steamed mushrooms
In this month's Japan Times food column, I write about the varieties of mushrooms available in Japan. It has a recipe for mushroom rice in there too - one of my favorite recipes for fall, for which I...
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Monday photos: Sanma (pacific saury) is the quintessential fall fish
The kanji characters for sanma, the Japanese name for the pacific saury, are 秋刀魚 - "fall sword fish". A perfect fit, since the fish do look like small silver swords or knives, and fall is the peak...
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Sweet potatoes (satsumaimo) in the Japan Times, plus an update
This month's Japan Times article is about sweet potatoes*, which are called satsumaimo in Japanese. Satsumaimo means "potato from Satsuma", referring to a region of southern Kyushu which at one time...
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Monday photos: Kaki (Persimmons)
To me, persimmons or kaki (柿）are the quintessential fall fruit. Although there are by some counts around 1,000 different varieties of persimmons in Japan alone, they can be broadly divided into two...
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Baked Kuri Kabocha Squash and Apple Maple Pudding (and it's vegan too)
(The 10 year anniversary of JustHungry is at the end of this month. To commemorate this event I’m highlighting some of my favorite posts from the archives. This very healthy squash pudding or...
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