There are certain sauces and seasonings that, once you discover them, seem to go with everything. Consider spicy sriracha, Trader Joe's Everything But the Bagel seasoning (which can be recreated at ...

Umami has the power to add depth and complexity to just about anything -- and with this ingredient, you can add it instantly ...

Dashi, it is said, is Japanese stock, the foundation for many dishes. I say dashi is the anti-stock. Where Western-style stock is all about intensifying flavor through reduction, dashi is all about ...

Glutamates naturally found in food deliver a big punch of umami, a sense of savoriness often called the “fifth taste.” Seaweed is loaded with glutamate – indeed it was from a seaweed, from kombu, that ...

This video shows how to make easy Japanese curry udon using curry powder instead of roux. A simple dashi-based broth is ...

Dashi – it’s the primary ingredient in so much of Japanese cuisine. The word alone means stock, but the most common version is made from water, kombu seaweed and katsuobushi or bonito flakes. Sonoko ...

The stock called dashi is one of the most ubiquitous ingredients in Japanese cooking. Made from kombu (kelp) and katsuobushi (bonito flakes), dashi can be found in miso soup, the broths for udon and ...

Dashi is a nutritious and flavorful stock made from water, kombu (kelp) and kastuobushi (bonito fish flakes) and is an essential ingredient in Japanese cuisine. It is simple, quick and easy to make.

Look up umami in the dictionary and dashi is what you'll find. It tastes as rich and complex as a broth or stock that's been simmering for hours, but it takes less than 15 minutes to make and, in many ...

The packages for 'Dashi-Prepared Cup Noodles' (left), 'Dashi-Prepared Cup Noodles Curry' (middle), and 'Dashi-Prepared Cup Noodles Seafood Noodles' (right) look like this. Each cup noodle has a label ...

At the heart of so much of Japanese cooking is the fragrant broth called dashi. And at the heart of dashi are the delicate pink petals of katsuobushi, shaved flakes of dried bonito fish. When steeped ...