Two foods that are fun to make and satisfying to eat: onigiri (Japanese rice balls) and spring rolls. Both involve steamed ...

And while you can buy rice cookers from dozens of brands (here are a few we’ve tested and liked), one brand name usually tops almost any list you’ll come across: Zojirushi. The Japanese ...

Each brand offers a variety of models with different ... such as a mason jar or a metal container. Japanese rice cookers are known for their advanced technology and precision in cooking rice.

This reputable brand was founded in 1973 by Carl Sontheimer ... can make cooked rice marginally more nutritious and more glutinous than Japanese models. Yes, they are. Rice cookers are versatile ...

To hear the cook, writer and teacher Sonoko Sakai tell it, “1955 is the year my mother was liberated.” Several things ...

A staple of the country's cuisine, rice has seen soaring prices in Japan, prompting the government to step in with its own stockpiles in a bid to stabilize the market. Taku Eto, Japan's ...

Japan's government said Friday it will release up to 210,000 tons of rice from its stockpile in an effort to stabilize the ...

TOKYO: Japan's government said on Friday (Feb 14) it will release its stockpile of rice - the nation's cherished staple food - reserved for emergency use in response to soaring prices. The ...

Tokyo, Japan — The Japanese government said Friday it will release its stockpile of rice — the nation’s cherished staple food — reserved for emergency use in response to soaring prices.

The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a "megaquake" warning nearly doubled prices over ...

(Bloomberg) -- Japan will sell 210,000 tons of rice from its emergency stockpiles as households are paying record prices for the grain. The average retail price for 5 kilograms of rice surged 82% ...