Centuries of fusion predate the marriage of ingredients in this Japanese Italian Wedding Soup

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9:16 AM on Thursday, January 16, 2025

By ALBERT STUMM
Many Americans think Japanese fusion is a dining craze from the 1980s. But much of Japanese cuisine itself is a fusion of other ingredients and cultures. Gyoza dumplings, for instance, came from China and tonkatsu came from French pork cutlets. Cooking instructor Sonoko Sakai has a new book called “Wafu Cooking” that explores this fusion. Wafu means “Japanese in style,” so she adds Japanese ingredients to Western dishes for a unique flavor. Miso makes her Bolognese sauce and apple pie. And sneaks soy sauce, sake and ginger into her Italian Wedding soup. She says it subtly enhances the flavor, but you’ll just wonder why it tastes better.
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