One day after the rainy season was declared over in Okinawa, I was walking on the boardwalk by the Mihama American Village, still unable to embrace the unusually early arrival of the summer.

As far as cooking is concerned, I am all for cutting corners. But, when I learned that pasta could be cooked in the microwave, I had to take it with a grain of salt.

When I’m looking for a quick and easy dinner recipe, my go-to is either pasta Pomodoro or spaghetti Aglio e olio, two of my favorites. This time, I was looking for something new, so I went for gnocchi, a flour and potato variation pasta dish.

The greasy, sweet and sour taste of “Naporitan spaghetti” is very popular among Japanese.

If cooking isn’t your forte, but a nice meal is something you want to try to master, try pasta pomodoro!

I love cooking and I’m all about a Saturday cooking project, like making my own gnocchi. The process of rolling little balls of gnocchi goodness is comforting and relaxing.

Every year when summer rolls around, cold-served pasta appears on menus at many restaurants in Japan. Starting with standard tomato sauce, flavors range from bisque sauce to cod roe sauce and more. Normally, a hot and spicy dish would be my go-to when eating pasta.

Following a recommendation from one of our readers, I was on a quest for some good eats at Pizza Sun Okinawa.

I was curious as to how this scrumptious, creamy, coffee-flavored dessert connects to this provincial capital of the Veneto region in northern Italy.

While eating pizza may not require a special location to enjoy it, at Ocean’s Pizza in Yomitan Village the ocean views add something special to the dining experience.