KITA-KYUSHU, Fukuoka Prefecture--Spring in Japan is not limited to enjoying sakura--it’s the perfect time to enjoy the taste of the season, “takenoko,” or bamboo shoots. Takenoko are being ...

Bamboo shoots reach their peak of flavor for a scant ten days a year. 01:01 For this brief culinary pleasure, a family has maintained a bamboo grove for many years. Owing to its bamboo grove ...

You can often find fresh bamboo shoots in Asian food stores, but they’re not easy to prepare as they’re protected by many layers of overlapping, brown husk covered in fine, sharp hairs.

Bamboo adds aesthetic beauty to wherever they are grown and are also a sustainable food source. To grow bamboo, it is most ...

Put bamboo shoot into a pot of enough water so it is ... Akiko Watanabe is a cooking expert specializing in Japanese cuisine. Midori Kasai is a professor at Ochanomizu University and chairwoman ...

Bamboo shoot digging experience There is a bamboo ... (This is Part 15 of the "Learning from Japanese picture books" series, which introduces recommended Japanese picture books, along with related ...