Food

Yuri Chekalin10.06.2026

The simple answer is that traditional Japanese home cooking tends to center around a main protein dish with a few additional vegetable dishes, and is typically eaten steamed with rice, miso soup, and pickles. This is also true for breakfast. The main dish can be fish, chicken, beef, or pork. The Japanese dislike lamb due […]

Vladimir Grigoryan13.12.2025

Well, more or less Cantonese, of course. There are a million recipes, but I try to capture the spirit of the dish, choosing what seems most authentic, and, of course, focusing on the ingredients available. My wife and I usually cook together, and she inspires my culinary endeavors. That was the case with Cantonese pork. […]

Klim Zhukov18.06.2025

Thrushes were a ‘fast food’ for the Romans in imperial cities, rather than an exclusive banquet delicacy. A study published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology analysed the remains of thrushes found in the toilet of a fast food establishment from the first century BCE in the ancient Roman town of Pollentia on the island […]

Yuri Chekalin15.04.2025

Despite the decision of the Japanese government to release additional volumes of rice from strategic reserves — after April 21 of this year, the third batch of 100 thousand tons will be put into circulation — retail prices for it remain high. At the same time, grain prices on the world market are falling, as […]

Morgana Devlin15.11.2024

In general, I adore Solyanka-style soups (“Salted Soup”)! Their single downside – they are lacking in complex carbs the likes of barley or buckwheat, but you can always have them as a side dish. On the other hand, Solyanka – fish and meat style – will charge you with protein, and, in general, it’s a […]

Yuri Chekalin11.09.2024

The simple answer is that traditional Japanese home cooking tends to center around a main protein dish with a few additional vegetable dishes, and is usually eaten steamed with rice, miso soup, and pickles. This is also true for breakfast. The main dish may be fish, chicken, beef, or pork. The Japanese dislike lamb because […]

Yuri Chekalin17.04.2024

I was asked to cover in detail the topic of dietary supplements (dietary food supplements). I dug up interesting research and this is not only about the known 70% of toxic hepatitis from the use of dietary supplements. A large study was published in 2019, and in 2023 the American Drug and Food Association published […]

Leon Pufferson12.08.2022

Insects can become a sustainable source of food for the Japanese, said the press office of Taiyo Green Energy Co. Taiyo Green Energy Co. recently opened up a new market. Previously, the company produced electricity from sunlight and allowed the Japanese to grow vegetables at home. Since 2017, a company from Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県) has […]

Leon Pufferson02.07.2022

All people have a strange attachment to food. Real food connoisseurs prefer foie gras, but ordinary people love plain bread. And such a fundamental choice of products finally divided humanity into gourmets and eaters. There are few gourmets in the world. Of course, they make up the very peak of the food pyramid and from […]

Yuri Chekalin22.02.2022

Recently, my friends from Moscow sent me two cans of dietary supplement Algasgel. They wanted to know my expert opinion on what kind of market there might be in Japan for such products. Since I have been dealing with this topic for quite a long time, I decided to present my answer in the form […]

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