It’s farmers market day in Santa Monica and I have tempura on my mind. The Japanese farmer carries most of my staples -- shishito peppers, burdock, kabocha squash and daikon radish, which I like to ...

Learn how to make Tendon, a Japanese tempura rice bowl topped with crispy shrimp, vegetables, and homemade sweet-savory tendon sauce. This recipe shows how to create light, crunchy tempura batter and ...

Learn how to make authentic Japanese tempura batter with cold water, carbonated water, egg, cake flour, and cornstarch for a ...

What’s your favorite vegetable tempura? A lot of vegetables are great in this Japanese cooking technique, but asparagus is definitely one of my favorites. When you fry asparagus the right way, it ...

Steep kombu in 2 quarts hot water in a large saucepan for 30 minutes. Remove and discard kombu. Bring kombu liquid to a boil over high; remove from heat. Stir in 1 1/2 cups of the bonito flakes. Let ...

Fry shrimp to crispy browned perfection with this quick, simple recipe. Here's how to cook shrimp tempura to a crispy light golden brown with this recipe from 2020 F&W Best New Chef Nick Bognar.

It’s one of Japanese food’s most iconic staples, but the truth is, tempura isn’t from Japan at all – well, kind of Tempura – that classic Japanese dish. Or is it? It is most likely that Japan’s iconic ...

If your idea of tempura involves lukewarm, slightly limp fried clumps in the corner of a sushi lunch special bento box, consider this your tempura wake-up call. There is plenty of good tempura in Los ...