Welcome to Never Fail, a weekly column where we wax poetic about the recipes that never, ever let us down. As a once-a-week grocery shopper, Fridays are the days I have to get the most creative in the ...

The udon taxi is hard to miss. The car itself looks like any regular Japanese cab—a shiny black exterior with seats sheathed in doily-like covers. The main difference is that on the roof of the car, ...

If March is the cruelest month, September is the strangest. The back-to-school commercials will have you believe that fall leaves and cozy sweaters are just around the corner, while the August heat ...

Ellen Fort is a Nashville-based writer and editor covering the restaurant industry, food trends, recipes, and beyond. She has worked as editor for Eater SF, Sunset Magazine, and SAVEUR. Though ramen ...

LOS ANGELES -- People have been enjoying udon for centuries and these days it's the most consumed noodle in Japan. A Japanese restaurant in Los Angele's Little Tokyo, Tsurumaru Udon Honpo is now ...

There have long been many great ramen restaurants in this city, of course, and the rice noodle scene—whether bahn pho, mixian, or fen—has also really exploded in the past few years. Serious udon ...