To Whom It May Concern:

If you’ve had this moment, you know who you are—the initial, tiny inkling that something might be wrong. You think back to the times you’ve experienced this feeling before. You thought it was food poisoning. You thought it was the greasy food from that fast food restaurant that never sits well with your stomach. YouContinueContinue reading “To Whom It May Concern:”

Food Lesson: Umeboshi Plums

You may have seen these wrinkly little plums as garnish in a bento box at a Japanese restaurant, on the inside of onigiri (filled rice balls), or simply placed on top of a bowl of plain rice—or maybe you have no idea what I’m talking about. Umeboshi plums, ume for short, are Japanese pickled plumsContinueContinue reading “Food Lesson: Umeboshi Plums”