One sip of real ramen is enough. That’s all I needed to permanently erase all those memories of those pathetic packaged noodles, which I greedily warmed up in the microwave during college. One sip. Done. It was also enough to make me question whether there was a better soup on the planet. Fragrant, rich, and soothing, it has no parallel in the Midwest cuisine I grew up on, and while other marve...
Ramen is Japan’s ultimate comfort food, the equivalent of a cheeseburger, fried chicken, and deep-dish pizza into one.
- Takashi Yagihashi from Takashi’s Noodles
I may live in Chicago, but I’ll admit that I'd probably pick ramen before those other foods when I'm in need of something truly comforting. Those big bowls of noodles and broth seem especially perfect at warding off a brutal...
Turns out, once you have all the ingredients, the process is rather straight forward and won't take longer than 30 minutes or so. And since most of the ingredients besides the tofu are pantry items, whipping up a new batch of miso soup in the future should be a breeze.
Bonito smells like, well, dried fish, but it looks more like pencil shavings. They are the body behind the miso, and make the...