Bonito flakes — known as katsuobushi in Japanese — are paper-thin shavings of dried, fermented skipjack tuna. They are the essential ingredient in dashi, the stock that underpins almost all...
What is umami? The savoury fifth taste explained: the three compounds, umami synergy, who discovered it, and how to build it in your cooking. SushiSushi's guide.
Many different ingredients are used just as a base soup stock. The western world has ...
Kombu is a form of edible kelp or seaweed, commonly used in East Asian cooking. It refers to a wide variety of kelp, most of which are from the laminariaceae...
Dashi is a general term that refers to a range of stocks used in Japanese cuisine.