Japanese restaurants are among my favorite dining experiences. I love sushi and sashimi, cocktails and yakitori. But those who are new to the cuisine may not have a firm grasp on where or how to get ...

When most people think of Japanese food, sushi comes to mind. Still, making the leap from a container of California rolls from the deli case to trying fresh sushi at a Japanese restaurant can be ...

Long before the Chinese, Egyptians or Romans used salt to preserve food, prehistoric folks in Southeast Asia covered their fish in rice and weighed it down with rocks. Over the centuries, they learned ...