Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. I am a pickle girl through and through. Pickle chips, tubs of kimchi, salty kalamata olives, tangy pickled mustard ...

When I was growing up in Tokyo in the ‘60s, we had bento day at school once a week. This meant Mother had to get up early and fix lunch for her five children. We were proud of her bento, which might ...

After spotting her post on instagram, we invited Sonoko Sakai, food writer and cooking instructor to join us this week for a discussion on umeboshi. Sonoko grew up in Japan where every June she would ...

I FIRST FELL IN LOVE with the puckery-tart flavor of ume plums at the sushi bar. Frugality led me to it: A vegetarian roll made with salty plum paste and grassy shiso leaves was a very pleasant way to ...

The combination of cucumber and umeboshi in this quick and easy pickle is simply wonderful. Yoko Nakazawa says it’s the perfect pickled dish to enjoy on a hot summer’s day with the delightful flavour ...

Soak scallops in cold water for 20 minutes. Strain, and pat dry. Remove pits from umeboshi, and mince into a paste. Combine umeboshi with olive oil and balsamic vinegar in a small bowl. Heat grapeseed ...

I am usually a whipped cream purist. Heavy cream doesn’t need to be flavored, as it already has a flavor—the flavor of cream. I rarely sweeten heavy cream before whipping, especially if it’s destined ...

Although the common misconception that vegans only eat dull vegetables and quinoa is far from true, one ingredient has the power to bring vegan cooking to the next level. Umeboshi paste, made from ...

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Umeboshi are salted pickled Japanese plums that can usually be found atop a bed of white rice, or tucked away in the middle of an onigiri rice ball. Despite their mouth puckering-ly sour taste, ...