One of our secret ingredients to build flavor fast is miso. As an umami base, it helps balance and unify sweet and sour notes in everything from chicken to pasta, even cookies. It goes particularly ...

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Cleverly combine sweet and savory with our miso chocolate cake recipe. With a complex flavor and unbeatable taste, this cake ...

It's no mystery why miso is such an essential ingredient in Japanese cuisine. The salty paste, made from fermented soybeans, adds nutty, umami flavor, appealing color and aroma and necessary nutrients ...

Here's everything you need to know about miso—the salty, pleasantly funky fermented soybean paste. Often playing a supporting role to salty, sour, sweet, and bitter, umami, also known as the fifth ...

A miso-infused glaze is a handy condiment that lends rich and satisfying flavor to fish, vegetables and tofu. Miso is a paste made from soybeans that are fermented with salt and a koji starter ...

It’s not often that you see a picture of an author swigging from a flask in a cookbook, but that’s exactly what Evan George, one-half of the L.A.-based food blogging duo known as Hot Knives, is doing ...

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Of all the things he could have done in life, Kenji Tsukamoto has chosen to grow mold for a living. He is a fourth-generation koji-ya, or artisanal “mold maker,” on Sado island on the western coast of ...