8 Jan
Cooking, WASHOKU BY Takumi Kawano

Learning from Nanakusa-gayu: How to Use and Tame Bitterness

  On January 7, I prepared Nanakusa-gayu. Nanakusa-gayu is a traditional Japanese rice porridge eaten on January 7, made with seven spring herbs. It is believed to promote good health, help the body recover after the New Year festivities, and ward off illness for the coming year. As I live in Australia, however, I didn’t […]