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32 stories for“Japan”

A beloved Japanese comfort dish: panko-crusted chicken cutlet served alongside a silky curry sauce. Crispy, warm, and endlessly satisfying.

Mar 12, 2024

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Cold Tahini Soba Noodles With Date Syrup and Chilli Crisp

Japanese buckwheat noodles dressed with a Levantine sesame sauce. The two sesame pastes are near relatives, and date syrup does the job mirin was already doing.

Aug 4, 2026

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Miso Tahini Aubergine: Nasu Dengaku Meets the Levant

Two sesame pastes from opposite ends of Asia turn out to want the same thing. A Japanese temple-festival glaze, loosened with tahini and finished with pomegranate.

Jul 26, 2026

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Miso and Tahini Are the Same Idea in Two Languages, and Aubergine Is Where They Meet

Fusion earns its name when two traditions are solving the same problem. Miso and tahini both exist to carry savoury depth into vegetables, and roasted aubergine is the dish where putting them together stops being a novelty.

Sep 4, 2026

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Congee Is What Half the World Eats When It Is Unwell, and It Takes Five Ingredients

Rice porridge simmered until the grains dissolve is the convalescent food of East Asia, and kitchari is its equivalent in India. Adding turmeric and ginger to congee simply puts the two traditions in the same bowl.

Sep 4, 2026

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Buddhist Monks Invented Mock Meat in the Sixth Century and Called It Mianjin

Wheat gluten appears in a Chinese agricultural encyclopaedia written in 535. It has been a temple staple across East Asia for fifteen centuries, and the word seitan was only coined in the twentieth.

Sep 4, 2026

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Traditional Emirati Food: What It Is, and Why You Rarely See It

A cuisine built by pearl divers, date farmers and traders across the Indian Ocean. The spicing came by dhow, the technique came from scarcity, and almost none of it is served in restaurants.

Aug 10, 2026

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Japanese Chicken Katsu Curry: Crispy and Comforting

Cold Tahini Soba Noodles With Date Syrup and Chilli Crisp

Miso Tahini Aubergine: Nasu Dengaku Meets the Levant

Miso and Tahini Are the Same Idea in Two Languages, and Aubergine Is Where They Meet

Congee Is What Half the World Eats When It Is Unwell, and It Takes Five Ingredients

Buddhist Monks Invented Mock Meat in the Sixth Century and Called It Mianjin

Traditional Emirati Food: What It Is, and Why You Rarely See It

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Japanese Chicken Katsu Curry: Crispy and Comforting

Cold Tahini Soba Noodles With Date Syrup and Chilli Crisp

Miso Tahini Aubergine: Nasu Dengaku Meets the Levant

Miso and Tahini Are the Same Idea in Two Languages, and Aubergine Is Where They Meet

Congee Is What Half the World Eats When It Is Unwell, and It Takes Five Ingredients

Buddhist Monks Invented Mock Meat in the Sixth Century and Called It Mianjin

Traditional Emirati Food: What It Is, and Why You Rarely See It