Ever wonder how Japanese bakers can produce such pillow-soft bread? Well, we’re sharing the secret in this Japanese milk bread recipe! It’s all about the tangzhong (roux starter) and a touch of ...

Yukie Segnini founded Yukiya Bakery in 2022, a year after she and her husband moved to Cary from Germany. In her dining room, she holds up a loaf of Japanese milk bread, also known as shokupan. Almost ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. You feel a little guilty and upset that you paid $18 for it. But you also feel ...

I recently discovered this recipe by my friends at King Arthur Flour company for Japanese milk bread rolls. I had heard of this "roux starter" concept several years ago and am just now getting around ...

In January, I tested King Arthur Baking’s 2021 Recipe of the Year, Perfectly Pillowy Cinnamon Rolls, and fell in love with them. The recipe delivered on the promise of tender rolls that stay soft ...

Jyan Isaac Bread is the Santa Monica bakery known for its crusty sourdough loaves and burnished bagels. But baker Jyan Horwitz, founder of Jyan Isaac, also makes soft, fluffy shokupan, or Japanese ...

One of the great joys of Japan’s convenience store culture — among the onigiri, the canned coffee, and the dozens of varieties of instant noodles — is the fact that you can walk into any random ...

Ever wonder how Japanese bakers can produce such pillow-soft bread? Well, we’re sharing the secret in this Japanese milk bread recipe! It’s all about the tangzhong (roux starter) and a touch of ...