The Great Natto Diet Rush: The sticky road to weight loss (maybe) (OJFTMHYLW...
I was not going to talk about natto as part of my Odd Japanese food that may help you lose weight(OJFTMHYLW) series this week. But coincidentally, natto as a diet aid has been in the news big time in...
View ArticleWafuu Pasuta (wafuu pasta): Japanese style pasta
The word wafuu may sound like someone trying to say yahoo and not quite succeeding, but it actually means "Japanese-style" in Japanese.Italian style pasta has been popular in Japan since the post war...
View ArticleSlimy slimy goodness all together in a bowl
I have to confess that I do get tired sometimes of people describing Japanese food as 'weird''odd''disgusting' and so on. It's a very ethnocentric way of describing things, is it not? What is...
View ArticleFrench natto!
As I slowly settle in to my new life here in France, I'm finding out about quite a lot of interesting local suppliers of the things that I want to eat, wear, sit on, or otherwise use. But I never...
View ArticleSticky sticky natto article in the Japan Times
This has already been available for more than a week...but my newest Japan Times column is about my sticky smelly fermented bean product, natto. It also includes a recipe for natto-potato fritters,...
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