Spaghetti, Udon, Lo Mein, those things that old people grip onto in the pool. What do they all have in common? They are all noodles of course! Tune in for some bad noodle jokes, some noodle trivia, plus the surprising history of Lasagna in Ethiopia! Pasta is obvious people! Life's...

[audio mp3="https://heritageradionetwork.org/sites/default/files/wp-uploads/2015/10/Commentary-No-Rules-Just-Ramen.mp3"][/audio] In the strict and unforgiving culinary world of Japan, chef Ivan Orkin found ramen: the one Japanese food without boundaries. Hear him discuss Japanese cuisine, the importance of traditions, and his specific love of ramen with host Akiko Katayama in episode 16 of Japan Eats. Listen to the...

Born and raised in New York, though has called Japan home for more than four decades, writer and Japanese Food Culture Specialist Elizabeth Andoh joins host Akiko Katayama for another informative episode of Japan Eats. Explaining that her formal culinary training was taken at the Yanagihara School of Traditional Japanese...

What do Japanese udon and jazz music have in common? Tune in to Japan Eats as Akiko Katayama is in studio with musician Kyoko Oyobe who hails from an udon and soba noodle family! Her father is well known in Japan for his quality, homemade udon and has served it...

This week on Let's Eat In, Cathy Erway is talking about Japanese food with cookbook author Hiroko Shimbo! Hiroko recently wrote the book Hiroko's American Kitchen- a book that combines Japanese flavors with American recipes. Tune into this episode to hear Hiroko recount a brief history of sushi in the...