Rethink Ramen Noodles As “Fine Cuisine” & Types Of Ramen

Ramen is a Japanese noodle soup made with Chinese-style wheat noodles (Chinese-style noodles are egg noodles), served in a meat or fish-based broth. In Japan, it’s all about the broth: rich, slow-simmered, beautifully-seasoned broth, often made with pork bone. And noodles: Ramen is a noodle soup. The noodles are always long wheat noodles, but can…
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Halloween Spooky Food: Mummy Quesadillas Recipe

EDITOR’S NOTE: WE REGRET THAT THE VIDEO WITH SANDRA LEE HAS BEEN REMOVED BY THE DISTRIBUTOR. WE HAVE REPLACED IT WITH A DIFFERENT HALLOWEEN QUESADILLA RECIPE. Spooky quesadillas? Sure, and they’re easy-to-make Halloween food—a light dinner for trick-or-treaters or for anyone staying at home who wants some Halloween fun (adults: enjoy them with a pumpkin…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Crunchy & Sophisticated, Japanese Rice Crackers As Cocktail Snacks

People are coming over for drinks—just drinks. What should you serve as a nibble? Our favorite from-the-bag cocktail snack has got to be Japanese rice crackers, specifically the chic little rolls wrapped in seaweed. They’re called nori maki arare in Japanese: seaweed roll cracker. While we’ve never met a rice cracker we didn’t like—they are…
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