Other than a very lewd-looking root vegetable (at least from this picture I took), the not-so-pretty yam is also known as a Chinese yam, yamaimo, Japanese mountain yam, or Korean yam. It can grow to ...

Editor’s note: The theme of Gohan Lab is to help people make simple, tasty “gohan” (meals). Miso, one of the five basic seasonings of Japan denoted by the syllabary “sa shi su se so,” is closely ...