Umami has been a buzzword in American cuisine in recent years, but the flavor is nothing new. Colloquially known as the fifth taste (in addition to sweet, sour, salty, and bitter), umami describes the ...

What makes a meal delicious? Often, the answer might be umami. The Japanese word means "delicious taste," and refers specifically to a savory, meaty flavor often found in fish broths, mushrooms, ...

Tuna salad has long been a lunchbox mainstay, but not because everyone was wildly in love with it. Rather, it was because canned tuna was historically cheap and easy to keep around the house: Even ...

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