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VIDEO| Making Okinawa's famous doughnuts at home

These donuts are fun to make anytime of the year.
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Top 5 kitchen items at Japanese Daiso 100 yen store

100-yen shopping in Japan means weird and wacky gadgets, and weird and wacky gadgets on a budget means Daiso! Daiso is one of Japan’s most famous 100-yen stores (think dollar store, but cooler), and it offers a huge number of items at a range of price points, but with a focus on 100-yen steals.
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Ranking the best Japanese rice seasonings

Have you heard of Japan’s furikake? In Japanese, furikake means "to sprinkle over." Furikake are seasonings of various dried ingredients such as egg, seaweed, or sesame, made to top a bowl of plain white rice.
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Simple recipe for tasty Tuscan tomato soup

What we love about this recipe is that it is first, delicious. Secondly, it is easy to make and adaptable with items often found in our pantry.
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Easy-to-bake German Käsekuchen cake

We were a part of the military community for 20+ years. I was a DODDS teacher and my husband worked as a civilian for the Air Force. We were stationed in Guantanamo, Cuba, Ramstein, Germany and Okinawa, Japan. This recipe was inspired by our tour in Germany. We enjoyed Käsekuchen for breakfast, afternoon snack, or as a dessert!  My version of...
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VIDEO| Speakin’ Japanese lesson: Let’s eat mango

If you have not noticed, mango is reaching peak ripeness on Okinawa.
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Why Japanese curry loved by foreigners, locals

Most of my foreign friends tell me they didn’t know how much Japanese love curry until they came to Japan. Well, not only do we love it, but we actually have a very deep-rooted curry culture.
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VIDEO| Recipe for Okinawa's umukuji tempura

Umukuji tempura, or umukuji andagi, is an Okinawan snack food commonly sold at local supermarkets.
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Southern Kitchen: Ms. DD’s Sweet Cornbread

This recipe is one of my family favorites. It goes great with chili and any kind of soup. It's excellent alongside collard greens, beans and rice or by itself with a little milk.
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Mama LuLu's Italian garlic bread recipe

It's easy to prep while you're cooking the rest of dinner and then pop it in the oven after everything else is ready! Enjoy!
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VIDEO| Taste of Okinawa: Papaya pickles a healthy snack, rice topping

Growing up on Okinawa, I enjoyed papaya more often as a vegetable than as a fruit. Every once in a while, I would have some of the ripe orange fleshy fruit, but mostly it was ao papaya (blue papaya in Japanese) or green papaya we’d have at home.
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MY FAVES: Foods for picnic on Okinawan beaches

Although the temperature stays relatively warm throughout the year, winter in Okinawa can be a little too chilly for beachgoers. So, it makes sense that many beaches on the island don’t open until the spring.
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VIDEO| Your tastebuds will sing with this simple, sweet passionfruit jam recipe

On a rainy day in late May, I visited Agarihama Ichiba, a local farmer’s market in Yonabaru Town. In search for some seasonal produce for a summer recipe to try, I had tomatoes, goya (bitter melon), or gumbos in mind.
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5 must-have Japanese kitchen appliances for those short on time

In the era of COVID-19, more and more people in Japan are cooking at home, making the demand for high-quality and innovative cookware higher than ever before.
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Taste of Okinawa: Okinawa Soba 101

In Japan, everybody loves noodles, and Okinawans are no different. In fact, they’ve got their own regional strand of the classic Asian cuisine – Okinawa soba. It’s not only a local favorite, but the dish of choice for many visitors who come in search of a true taste of Okinawa.
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Unwind at Forest Café Junon near Camp Courtney, Okinawa

Junon offers hearty comfort foods perfect after spending time underground. Choose from hamburger steak, taco rice, a “fish dish” and more. There are also both Japanese and English menus available.