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"We have a Japanese girl, Tomoko, living with us, and tonight she and I cooked a Japanese dinner for us and her friends. She phoned her mum,Toshiko, in Japan for this, as it's her favourite recipe, and I wanted to share it here. It's simple and so good, and Tomoko, who is only 16, did such a good job of cooking this, then translating the recipe..."

Ingredients: garlic cloves, soy sauce...

"This is an EXCELLENT and easy tuna recipe. It's perfect for grilling on those warm summer nights."

Ingredients: dry hot mustard, wasabi powder...

"This salmon dish is amazing! I was invited for dinner the other night and this was the main course. The red pepper flakes give off plenty of heat, but it's nicely balanced by the brown sugar and other ingredients. The sauce is heavenly!I asked for the recipe, and my host said she got it out of the latest issue of "Bon Apetit" which I..."

Ingredients: cornstarch, dry crushed red pepper...

"A wonderful change from the ordinary chicken. Very easy to prepare. Marinate for 1-1/2 hours."

Ingredients: garlic, oil, soy sauce...

"This is my aunt's recipe. It makes a ton! Good for potlucks. (Soba noodles are Japanese buckwheat noodles)"

Ingredients: vermicelli, chili oil...

"This is an interesting salad. Wasabi is Japanese horseradish. I found this recipe for someone requesting in Recipe Request. You could probably add a little lime juice too to jazz up the flavors. It would go great with grilled salmon or tuna."

Ingredients: cucumbers, wasabi powder...

"This is very popular in Japan, and very popular with my children. It's also a favorite dish in the restaurant where I work. The Japanese are quite happy to eat this at room temperature too. Prep time includes marinating time."

Ingredients: cornstarch, sake, soy sauce...

"I serve this quick side dish when I'm cooking a Japanese meal. this is one of the few ways I enjoy celery cooked."

Ingredients: oil, red chilies, soy sauce...

"GREAT SIDE DISH FOR SUSHI LOVERS! low fat, low calorie salad that goes with anything. try it out you will be bound to fall in love with it."

Ingredients: cucumbers, fresh seaweed...

"I was going through my grocery the other day and was happily surprised to find in the Asian foods section a type of noodle called shirataki. I was very happy with they because my father is on a low carb diet and is missing pasta terribly, and these long white noodles only had 1.5 carbs in 1 serving. So, I bought two water patched bags of noodles, some..."

Ingredients: cornstarch, dark sesame oil...

"Convenient way to satisfy a sushi craving. I invented this delectable open-faced "sandwich" while trying to use up leftover ingredients in a creative way. I made this with canned salmon (reminiscent of a Philadelphia roll) but I'm assuming tuna will work well also."

Ingredients: cream cheese, wasabi powder...

"One of the only ways I like green beans! This comes from Japanese Home Style Cooking, a book given to me by a girl who lived with us. Prep time includes allowing the beans to stand in the soy sauce."

Ingredients: dashi, green beans...

"This is a very spicy chicken stir-fry, with a wonderfully tastey garlic overlay! With broccoli and carrots, it is very colorful and tastey. It is good served over rice or pasta."

Ingredients: sliced water chestnuts, green onions...

"On Okinawa they have a certain fast food restaraunt that serves these in all flavors and varieties. It is very popular with the americans over there. This is as close as i can reproduce it."

Ingredients: eggs, panko, roux...