Prepared in the classic Japanese style, ramen is a comfort dish loaded with flavor. It's no surprise the dish is surging in ...

This recipe is part of the L.A. Times’ Week of Meals series. The bright salsa verde to go with these croquettes makes great use of any lingering herbs in your fridge — add parsley, tarragon or basil ...

Black beans glistening with gold leaf; pink fish cake stuffed with a ruffly green shiso leaf and cream cheese; little cakes shaped like persimmons and peonies--these and other Japanese delicacies as ...

"When I was growing up, my parents always held my birthday parties at the house. They would rent tables, chairs, gigantic speakers, and balloon arrangements. One of my cousins or neighbors would DJ, ...

Some things our mothers teach us are concrete: How to drive a car, read a W-2 form or hem a pair of pants. Other life lessons sneak up on us. My mother taught me to cook almost by osmosis. It was ...