They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but lately I've been feeling kinda bored with my usual go-tos. I typically eat some Greek yogurt with granola and frozen wild blueberries or a ...

The first thing that hits you when you walk into Heidi Nestler's house is the smell. There's a musk hanging in the air that you can't really place—unless you've had Japanese natto. The fermented ...

It’s the color and consistency of pork and beans, but sticks together like stretched chewing gum. It’s a traditional soybean breakfast food from northern Japan and it’s called natto. To look at it, ...

Natto is fermented soybeans, specifically fermented with Bacillus subtilis, which forms the stringy, strong smelling and interesting-tasting Japanese staple food. It is often eaten as part of the ...

Like Marmite for the Brits, natto is a polarizing dish in Japan. The Japanese either love or hate these fetid fermented soybeans, but all of them are shocked when they see foreigners eating the ...

Sushi. Sukiyaki. Tempura. Mochi. Just the mention of Japanese food makes your mouth water. And then there’s natto, Japan’s famous fermented soybeans. Natto has it rough. Packed with nutrition and good ...

In fact, this natto stuff is so alive, you can actually see it bubbling on the steamed rice if you opt for it as a part of a combo meal that accompanies your bowl of ramen at Santouka in the Mar Vista ...

Natto, a fermented soybean dish often served for breakfast in Japan, originated at the turn of the last millennium but may hold an answer to a modern problem: COVID-19, according to a new study based ...