Ah, the best buddy was over the ocean! Here is a recipe for dashi maki, one of Japan’s all-day, anytime egg dishes. I learned this recipe from an izakaya restaurant in Fukuoka. If you make it ...

Fresh and dried shiitake mushrooms are a popular ingredient ... In Japan, they use them as the base for vegetarian dashi, and, in China, cooks sauté shiitakes to add savory umami flavor to ...

Everything is flavored with "3S sauce" (an equal mix of soy sauce, sugar and sake) that's been boiled with dashi and ginger. Maki shows off various bento she's made using the versatile 3S sauce ...