Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cookbook author and teacher Sonoko Sakai cooks homemade soba noodles in her home kitchen. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Medha Imam: You may think of a steaming bowl of ramen as the classic Japanese dish. But what if I told you ramen actually originated from China and there is ...

This corn and tomato soba noodles recipe is tossed with a super light sesame-dressing and a few jalapeños for some nice spice. (Recipe Credit: Adrianna Adarme of Fresh Tastes). When I went to Japan, ...

“I’m going to tell you how to eat it.” The woman behind the counter at Sobar, a narrow restaurant on the congested corner of Washington Boulevard and Centinela Avenue in Culver City, is serious. My ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Year’s Eve food traditions vary worldwide, but many are tied to luck, wealth, and a fresh start. Popular picks include grapes ...

One of Japan’s oldest soba parlors, Sarashina Horii, is now serving chilly piles of cold buckwheat noodles in Manhattan, a boon for a city that, against all logic, seems to prefer heartier bowls of ...

After a three-hour bullet train ride, I stepped into the shivering cold of snow country in northern Japan. Still jet-lagged from the 11-hour plane ride from Los Angeles to Tokyo, I wasn’t prepared for ...