This video shows how to make traditional Japanese ume plum syrup using just ume plums and rock sugar. The plums are prepared ...

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 ...

All you need for pink, salty and puckery umeboshi (Japanese pickled plums) are plums and fine sea salt. (Betty Hallock) I’ve been addicted to umeboshi (Japanese pickled plums) since I was a kid who ...

EDEN Ume Plum Vinegar just received Delicious Living magazine's 2016 Best Bite Award, selected 'Best Vinegar' in the vinegar category. This award is an affirmation of Eden Foods' purchasing criteria.

I have a sushi restaurant to thank for my best hangover remedy. Years ago, a waitress suggested I order, in addition to burdock kinpira and avocado nori, ume shiso nori. The delicate rolls looked like ...

Continuing on with our tahini theme, today we combine this rich sesame paste with umeboshi. Described as the least sweet fruit, I consider ume a best-kept culinary secret. Tangy, salty, with a deep ...

Louis Anderman, owner and chief blender of Miracle Mile Bitters, walked up to Terri Kashima of K&K Ranch a couple of weeks ago at the Hollywood market and bought her entire, but diminutive, box of Ume ...

Ayako Iino grew up in Nagoya, Japan, the largest city in the Chūbu region. Like many kids, she watched her mom make umeboshi, a traditional salt-cured plum pickle (and alkalizing dietary staple that’s ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

A few months ago, Daniel Patterson changed the name of his Oakland restaurant Plum to Ume, which means plum in Japanese and signaled the transformation from an American- to a Japanese-inspired menu.