CARBONDALE ” Susan Wang keeps count of four big dreams for her life. One, she has achieved ” to live in a house. “Because where I come from, everyone lives in a small apartment,” said the 41-year-old ...

In recent years, konnyaku, the gelatinous food made from the konjac plant’s corm, has been popularized as a choice ingredient for a healthy diet. Konnyaku has nearly zero calories and repels, rather ...

Records suggest that konnyaku was introduced into Japan along with Buddhism in the sixth century. It was initially prized for its medicinal properties and was mainly enjoyed by high-ranking priests ...

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Japanese company MannanLife sells a line of fruit-flavored konnyaku jelly called Konnyaku Batake in Japan. Konnyaku, also known as konjac or devil’s tongue in English, is a popular plant-based ...

Shirataki and Ito-konnyaku Both of these types of konnyaku are thread-like in appearance, but shirataki is made by pushing konnyaku paste through a noodle press, while ito-konnyaku is traditionally ...

Japanese cuisine is included in UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and between 2012 and 2013 the number of Japanese restaurants abroad almost doubled to 55 thousand establishments.

Anyone living in or even visiting Japan will likely have come across a certain ghastly, grey, gelatinous substance. In most cases, local people are at a loss to answer the questions that inevitably ...

The chefs of Otowasan Kannonji Temple teach us how to make konnyaku using fresh yam. First, peel yam and puree in blender with water. Then, simmer and stir for about 10 minutes before adding coagulant ...

Recently, something that Konnyaku pasta is sold as saying that it gets hungry for low calorie, but I actually thought that it was "yarn konjac" if I ate it. So, I tried to test whether it would become ...

TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Some may find Konnyaku, a jelly-like zero-calorie food made from a starchy root vegetable, boring and tasteless, but a theme park in Japan is hoping to ...

Off the south west coast of Japan is an island which Chinese legend once referred to as "the land of happy immortals". Today, the "immortal" islanders living on Okinawa enjoy the longest life ...