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This is my twist on French Onion Soup and Japanese miso soup.

This is the latest in my series of showing you how to make decorative Japanese fruit sando at home.

The pumpkin on the other hand, is a central part of Japanese cuisine - it goes into everything - soups, pickles, mixed rice and tempura.

how do I make these Burger Musubi and what do you need to make this recipe?

What goes into the recipe? Obviously, udon noodles and lime are obligatory

Here is a delicious dish for a chilly day - Salmon and Turnip Gratin.

Omusoba is another one of those Japanese fusion dishes where the title says it all...well almost...

Healthy Japanese salad Recipe blog, Daikon and Tuna Salad with Sesame dressing.

A recipe Blog about Japanese Dashiki Tamago Sando.

This dish takes about 25 minutes from the work surface to the table and that includes the time to drain the water out of the tofu, so not only is it healthy and delicious, it's quick and quite simple too. What's not to like about that?

Roasted vegetables in a good quality olive oil makes a meat free meal more fillling and satisfying than simmering can and even if you not vegetarian or vegan, it is still a good idea to eat a few main meals every week without any meat.

If you enjoy Japanese food, you might have heard of the name Onigirazu before. What is an Onigirazu?

Teriyaki Salmon Skewers are great recipe for barbecue or oven cooking.

Every food store in Japan sells them and mums in every kitchen turn them out in their millions every week.

I like to think that if the Earl of Sandwich was alive and kicking today, he would rank the Japanese "sando" (that's the way the Japanese say "sandwich") up there with the best variations on his original idea.

This Easy Chicken Teriyaki tells you how to make homemade Teriyaki sauce as well as cook chicken.

Butternut Squash Gratin On cold nights, what better seasonal ingredient is there to warm empty tummies than a squash - or pumpkin, or kabocha - depending on what word you use to describe this beautiful gourd vegetable. I think it is safe to say that the Japanese are in love with their variety - the kabocha - in Japan you can eat it in many ways and they are all delicious. Most Japanese think of the kabocha as an indigenous Japanese vegetable but in fact, it is an import, in

Sweet Potato Mochi with Mozzarella You've probably heard of Japanese mochi - you know, the rice that has been pounded and pounded until it turns into a thick, white gooey paste. Mochi is a big part of Japanese food culture. It is traditionally eaten on New year's day - typically in a soup called Ozoni - to bring people strength and good health through the months of winter. But mochi doesn't have to be just about rice. This recipe shows you how to make mochi with sweet pota

This dish is a simple stir fry using either rump or sirloin steak and this recipe comes hot off the press from my good friend Yumiko Nikaido, who always has her finger on the pulse of new recipes coming out of Japan.

Fish Finger Musubi Here's my latest easy fusion creation. Fish Finger Musubi. I think I can safely claim to this dish being a Kurumicooks original - I haven't seen it anywhere else and it was just one of those serendipitious occasions when I found some fish fingers in the back of the freezer and wonder what to do with them for a quick lunch - eh, viola! The Fish Finger Musubi was born! If you know your Japanese, you'll know that a "musubi" translates as a "rice ball". Musubi