Our guest is Yumi Komatsudaira, who is a recipe developer, food stylist, culinary instructor, and the president of K-Seaweed. Yumi grew up outside Tokyo, playing and snacking in her family’s seaweed factory. When we hear seaweed, many of us may think of the weeds by the beach that do not...

Recipe inspiration for a range of dried Japanese foods.

Maximize umami in your home cooking with a better understanding of dashi’s ingredients.

Dashi is easy to make and endlessly versatile. Learn from Shohei Miyajima, the manager of Dashi Okume.

This is the 6th episode with Elizabeth Andoh, who already joined us 5 times on Episodes 18, 61, 83, 99 and 108! As always, she shares her truly deep insight into traditional Japanese food culture with us. Elizabeth is a food writer and Japanese cooking instructor based in Tokyo, and...

Wylie Dufresne is in studio with Akiko this week for an intriguing episode of Japan Eats! Hinting at his new project opening in the new year, Wylie explains how he found himself in the restaurant industry and why working in the industry is likened to playing a team sport. What...

Ivan Orkin is in studio with host Akiko Katayama this week for Japan Eats! Talking how this self described "Jewish kid from Long Island" fell in love with the cuisine and culture of Japan to becoming a renowned and respected chef, Ivan shares what specifically attracted him to refining his...

This week on The Morning After, hosts Sari Kamin and Jessie Kiefer kick off a brand new show with some zany food news that includes a discriminating 'breast-arant' plus arsenic found in cheap wines like the beloved Three Buck Chuck! After the break, Ivan Orkin of Ivan Ramen is in...

Cooking Issues is taking submissions for new theme songs! On this week's episode, Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez talk to the food safety concerns of MSG, and talk about making sour apricot sodas without using alcohol. Is sodium benzoate effective in stabilizing fruit juices? How can you evaluate the safety...

This week on Food Talk with Mike Colameco, Mike is delving into the art of ramen. Joining Mike in the studio is George Kao of Sun Noodle! Tune into this episode to hear George talk about the origins of ramen in China, and how it became known as a Japanese...