A bowl of miso soup with tofu and seaweed. - studioUP/Shutterstock There's nothing quite as soothing as a warm bowl of miso soup. Brimming with umami, it's often topped with silken tofu, wakame ...

Most Americans have been introduced to miso, the traditional Japanese fermented soybean paste, in the form of the ubiquitous soup, served as the first course in most Japanese restaurants. In the ...

If you enjoy Japanese cuisine, you've probably had your fair share of miso, likely in the form of soup. The thick paste is distinctively complex, as it manages to taste sweet, salty, nutty, earthy, ...