Category: Hot pot

One-Pot Comfort, Japanese-Style

Winters in Japan mean congregating around heat. We camp out under kotatsu, Japanese heated tables, and share all kinds of nabemono, hot one-pot dishes such as shabu-shabu, oden, or sukiyaki. Combining a medley of ingredients in a simmering broth, these Japanese hot pots are cooked at the table, to be enjoyed as a communal feast….


Sukiyaki (Japanese Beef Hot Pot)

To make sukiyaki at home, you can buy a special wrought-iron sukiyaki pan, or simply use a large skillet. Sukiyaki is best enjoyed when cooked at the table with a portable stove, but you can certainly prepare it all in the kitchen and bring it out to family or guests. Purchase ingredients such as kombu…


100,000 Pounds of Made-in-China Food Seasoning Recalled

Federal food safety authorities recently issued a recall of around 96,810 pounds of Chinese-made food seasoning products. The products were imported by GLG Trading Inc, a company based in Chino, California. The U.S. Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) said in a Feb. 22 notice that it found the hot pot seasoning products contained beef tallow,…