Picture this: It’s hot outside, that particular kind of hot that you seem to find only in late summer in Southern California. The sky is beige, and the air seems so thick you nearly swim through it.

Japanese cuisine is known for its noodles, and it's probably the most likely place you'll find soba. The buckwheat noodle is different from udon or even ramen in a pretty noticeable way: The defining ...

Cool off with this easy zaru soba recipe: a Japanese dish of chewy buckwheat noodles served with chilled mentsuyu dipping sauce, daikon, nori, and scallions. This cold soba noodle salad features green ...

At Akila Inouye’s Tsukiji Soba Academy in Tokyo, a specially made wooden cabinet has 108 small cubbyholes, each containing a scroll of thick brown or green paper printed with a question. “How to ...

Cooking in college can be daunting. The Bruin Gastronomer aims to give students the knowledge and tools to cook affordable, simple and delicious meals that will fill brains and bellies alike. I feel ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Growing up in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, highly athletic Kotani once was a junior Olympic sprinter, trained by Carl Lewis’ former coach. Things started to turn south, however, when his mother was ...