Winters in Japan mean congregating around heat. We camp out under kotatsu, Japanese heated tables, and share all kinds of nabemono, hot one-pot dishes such as shabu-shabu, oden, or sukiyaki. Combining a medley of ingredients in a simmering broth, these Japanese hot pots are cooked at the table, to be enjoyed as a communal feast….

To make sukiyaki at home, you can buy a special wrought-iron sukiyaki pan, or simply use a large skillet. Sukiyaki is best enjoyed when cooked at the table with a portable stove, but you can certainly prepare it all in the kitchen and bring it out to family or guests. Purchase ingredients such as kombu…

Federal food safety authorities recently issued a recall of around 96,810 pounds of Chinese-made food seasoning products. The products were imported by GLG Trading Inc, a company based in Chino, California. The U.S. Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) said in a Feb. 22 notice that it found the hot pot seasoning products contained beef tallow,…