Japanese shoppers are hoarding supplies. Sake brewers are in an uproar. Store owners are limiting purchases. What may turn out to be Japan’s worst rice harvest of the 20th Century has thrown the rice ...

This seems to be the most ubiquitous way the Japanese use fresh bamboo shoots. The recipe is adapted from Chef Naoko Bento Cafe in Portland, Ore., and from Elizabeth Andoh's more meticulous approach.

Until now, only a handful of OC restaurants has flirted with serving the cuisine of Okinawa, an island prefecture of Japan. Though it's a sushi bar first and foremost, the wonderful Ohshima in Orange ...