Editor’s note: The theme of Gohan Lab is to help people make simple, tasty “gohan” (meals). Our sweet of the week is mitsumame, a Japanese dessert featuring agar (kanten) jelly. You’ll find its silky ...

Editor’s note: In the Taste of Life series, cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life. Ai Hosokawa, who grew ...

If you want to inject a tonne of fun into your gathering, you'll need jelly. You could wrestle in it, of course, but for the less athletic-minded a jelly-based dessert is just as entertaining.

While the curd is firming up make the coriander jelly. The agar jelly adds a bit of rigidity without losing bounce and also decreases the setting time dramatically. Pyramid moulds can be found in ...