As one of Japan’s most popular potato chip makers, Calbee is always on the lookout for the next big flavor that’ll resonate with chip fans in Japan. That search has led them to create chips with ...

Health benefits of edamame: Packed with a variety of vitamins and minerals, edamame is a good source of vitamin K, folate, and several B vitamins, which are vital for energy production, blood clotting ...

Larry Murphy, a retired farmer from Caledonia, Minn., stopped at Wang Kou Vang’s stand at the downtown St. Paul Farmers’ Market on Tuesday and patted a twiggy-looking pile of soybeans. It was the ...

PUTNAM — When Yoko Takemura established Assawaga Farm with partner Alex Carpenter, she decided to grow vegetables used in Japanese cooking because it’s different than what’s typically found in Eastern ...

The Japanese language has a varied soybean vocabulary. Edamame (written with the kanji for “branch” and “bean”) describes the immature green soybean pods that indeed cling to branches. Daizu (written ...

Shipments of "Yahiko Musume" edamame, a specialty of the village of Yahiko, Niigata Prefecture, are now in full swing. Niigata has the largest cultivated area of edamame in Japan, and Yahiko Musume is ...

Packages of edamame soybeans produced in Akita Prefecture are pictured in this photo provided by the JA Akita Chuoukai agricultural cooperative association. While known for rice production, Akita ...

Like a groundhog, Hou Chau-Pai buries his hands into the soil to make sure each of his edamame seeds are properly deep and spaced right after being sown by machine. The latest in a Taiwanese family ...

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Edamame, or immature green soybeans, are the quintessential snack to have with an ice-cold beer, especially in summer. Their popularity has spread around the world in recent years, but the habit of ...