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Cuisine: Japanese

VIDEO| Try Hirayachi, Okinawa’s take on okonomiyaki

If you’re a Japanese food fan, you may have heard of okonomiyaki; a Korean food afficionado—chijimi. But Okinawa also has its own version: hirayachi.

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Cuisine: Japanese

Kokoro Care Packages – the heart and soul of Japan shipped directly to your door

Are you stationed in Japan but stumped by how to choose (or use) Japanese ingredients? Live overseas but are constantly disappointed by the lack of quality Japanese products available? Kokoro Care Packages delivers the heart and soul of Japan directly to your door.

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Cuisine: Italian

VIDEO| It's Italian! Making you own pasta Pomodoro

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

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Cuisine: Japanese

Japanese pickles an excellent quarantine cooking project

One of the great joys of living in Japan is experiencing the wide range of traditional Japanese pickles, or tsukemono, that are served with every meal.

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If you're stuck at home, make some Okinawan donuts!

These donuts are fun to make anytime of the year.

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Cuisine: Japanese

Healthy Recipe: Edamame & Sakura Ebi Tofu Burger

Japanese superfood burger

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Find your new summer dessert!

It’s summer fruit season! Nothing better than fresh baked cobbler or a cold pudding to cool you off.

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Make your own crispy Japanese tempura

Various specially formulated tempura powders are available at any supermarket or grocery shop. You can cook tempura using any of your favorite ingredients.

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Cuisine: American

Stuck at home because of COVID-19? Let's make donuts!

I’ve never made doughnuts before. This was my first time. I’m sure they will only get better the more I make them. So I started by doing a bit of research. Then I figured out what kind of doughnut I wanted and got to work.

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Cuisine: International

Easy-to-make recipe: Blinis

Great with any topping

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VIDEO| Lets cook up some Okinawan Goya

If you live on Okinawa, you might have heard about Goya, a local cucumber-like vegetable also known as bitter melon. As the name suggests, this green, bumpy veggie has a bitter taste but is a favorite in the summer season.

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Cuisine: Japanese, International

Japan’s 7-Eleven offers cheap and tasty options

Here are are recommendations for a Western fusion dinner, a Japanese traditional-style dinner, and three dessert options.

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Cuisine: Italian

VIDEO| It's Italian! Making you own pasta Pomodoro

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

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Cuisine: Japanese

My Faves: 5 Instant Noodles you have to try in Japan

Ever since I started working from home, instant noodles have become my go-to for a quick bite.

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Okinawan town's vending machines offer discount coupons for restaurants

Japan is the land of the vending machines, but these are not exclusive to selling soda, coffee, hot tea or even canned soup broths. In Chatan Town, you’ll find what may seem like just another vending machine, but these orange machines don’t sell drinks.