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Nagoya University develops rice plant that grows pure sugar

• Master Blaster
  Nov 4, 2020
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Would a rice by any other genome taste as sweet?

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• Japan
• (biofuel • GM foods • Nagoya University • rice • science • sucrose • sugar)

We try making red-bean rice using an ice cream bar【SoraKitchen】

• Katie Pask
  Sep 23, 2020

Celebrate even the smallest of victories with this red-bean rice shortcut.

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• Food & Drink, Japan
• (adzuki • azuki • azuki bar • cooking • cooking adventure • cooking hack • food • ice cream • recipe • rice • sekihan • SNJO • Sora Kitchen • SoraKitchen • sweets)

Seiji holds the Grand Prix of Marumiya Furikake【Taste Test】

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 15, 2020

Which flavors were crowned the Elite Four out of 16 total entries? 

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• Japan
• (food • furikake • ingredients • Marumiya • ranking • rice • taste test)

The polite way to eat onigiri rice balls sparks debate online

• Oona McGee
  Sep 8, 2020

Even the humble onigiri isn’t safe from the complexities of Japanese etiquette.

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• Japan
• (etiquette • food • Japanese etiquette • Japanese food • japanese manners • manners • onigiri • rice • rice balls)

Tokyo has a “phantom egg shop” with ingredients for the best tamago-kake gohan rice bowl ever

• Dale Roll
  Aug 31, 2020

Don’t knock raw egg on rice until you’ve tried it, and especially until you’ve tried it like this.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • eggs • expensive food • food • pop-up shops • raw • raw eggs • rice • SNJO • soy sauce • tamagokake gohan • Tokyo Station)

Japanese wife berates husband for eating rice and side dishes together

• Oona McGee
  Aug 21, 2020

Wife says Japanese meals should be eaten in a triangle formation. 

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• Japan
• (cooking • eating • food • Japanese food • Japanese meals • marriage • relationships • rice • romance • sankaku tabe)

New Japanese rice cooker cuts carbohydrates at the push of a button

• Oona McGee
  Aug 17, 2020

Now you can lose weight just by eating rice. 

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• Japan
• (awesome • carbohydrates • clever • cooking • cool • diet • food • gadgets • health • healthy food • nutrition • rice • rice cookers)

We test out the recipe for “botayama curry” featuring black sauce and black rice

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 21, 2020

This unique curry that originated at a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force camp in Fukuoka has been making waves online.

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• Japan
• (black curry • botayama curry • cooking • experiment • Fukuoka • Iizuka • JGSDF • recipe • rice)

Make sushi in seconds with smart ingredient hack from Don Quijote

• Oona McGee
  Jun 22, 2020

Lazy cooks can now feel like sushi pros.

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• Japan
• (COK • Don Quijote • fish • food • Japanese food • recipes • rice • shari • shopping • sushi)

A rice by any other name: Japanese Twitter investigates local terms for “serving”

• Katy Kelly
  Apr 21, 2020

Who knew there were so many ways to describe portioning out rice?

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• Japan
• (dialects • helpings • interesting • linguistics • regional dialects • rice • servings)

Using Japan’s ancient recipe for homemade instant rice that lasts at least two years, possibly 20

• Master Blaster
  Apr 2, 2020

A recipe two years in the making.

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• Japan
• (Asuka • dried rice • emergency preparedness • emergency ration • food storage • hoshi • instant rice • kareii • recipes • rice)

Edo Rice shows you what rice tasted like in the samurai era by continuing centuries of tradition

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 11, 2020

A Tokyo time trip for your taste buds.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • culture • Edo • Edo period • food • history • rice • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

Japan has an awesome one-person bento box rice cooker, and here’s what we made with ours

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 5, 2020

Essentially a portable rice cooker, this amazing gadget revolutionizes lunch in the office.

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• Japan
• (awesome • COK • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • rice • rice cookers • SNJO • Thanko)

Beyond rice balls: How to make an edible onigiri rice cat【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 18, 2020

Innovative chef shows us how to create a feline friend who’s cute and delicious to boot.

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• Japan
• (cats • cooking • cool • cute • food • onigiri • rice • rice balls • video)

Can a curry shop legally ban you if you don’t finish your rice? A Japanese lawyer chimes in

• Scott Wilson
  Feb 16, 2020

We find out if being wasteful is grounds for banishment.

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• Japan
• (curry • Japanese law • legal • Restaurant • rice • society)

Japan’s one-person bento box-sized rice cooker can give you freshly cooked rice at the office

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2020

High-speed cooking gadget is also great for those living the single life.

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• Japan
• (awesome • clever • cooking • cool • food • gadgets • rice • rice cookers • Thanko)

The U.K. thinks Japanese curry is katsu curry, and people aren’t happy about it

• Oona McGee
  Feb 12, 2020

The #KatsuCurryPolice are on a mission to educate Brits on their craze for Katsu Curry.

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• Japan
• (culture • curry • curry rice • England • food • katsu curry • restaurants • rice • Wagamama)

McDonald’s Japan’s first-ever rice burgers are here, and we try them before they go on sale

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 29, 2020

We weren’t sure if a bacon cheese rice burger was a good idea, and now we know if our fears were justified.

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• Japan
• (burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • rice • SNJO • taste test)

McDonald’s releases new rice burgers in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 28, 2020

Three of the fast food chain’s popular burgers get a rice overhaul for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (burgers • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • rice • rice burger)

Japanese-style curry rice coming to McDonald’s Japan? Mysterious tweet has fans’ fingers crossed

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 27, 2020

Please let this be the meaning behind McDonald’s rice cravings.

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• Japan
• (curry • curry rice • fast food • food • hamburgers • McDonald's • rice)

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