japanese fermented food– tag –

Kōyō-zuke (紅葉漬), also written koyo-zuke or koyozuke, is a ready-to-eat fermented salmon specialty from northern Fukushima Prefecture. Producers make it by curing and maturing salmon with rice koji and salt. The result is salty and sav...

There is a moment, usually in mid-November, when Kanazawa quietly announces that winter has arrived. It is not the snow, not yet. It is the thunder. Locals call it "buri-okoshi," the rumbling that signals the start of yellowtail season o...

There is a moment, usually in mid-November, when Kanazawa quietly announces that winter has arrived. It is not the snow, not yet. It is the thunder. Locals call it "buri-okoshi," the rumbling that signals the start of yellowtail season o...