Lynda M. Gonzalez / Staff Photographer As new Japanese restaurants bloom across Dallas, diners are getting a good dose of dashi — though they may not realize it. Dashi, an umami-rich stock, is the ...

Chawanmushi, a delectable savory egg custard dish, is a must-try appetizer in Japanese cuisine. The eggs are mixed with dashi ...

Kaki Okumura is a Japanese wellness writer who grew up in the US and Japan. She says her five Japanese staple ingredients are soy sauce, dashi, sake, mirin, and miso. Recipes for miso soup, teriyaki ...

Sonoko Sakai is a food writer, author and cooking instructor based in Los Angeles. She is also the founder of Common Grains, a project to deepen Americans understanding of Japanese culture and cuisine ...

At the heart of so much of Japanese cooking is the fragrant broth called dashi. And at the heart of dashi are the delicate pink petals of katsuobushi, shaved flakes of dried bonito fish. When steeped ...