Autumn Eytalis, a bartender at Asian barbecue restaurant BellyQ, learned what bonito flakes were a week before Adam Kamin of the Delta challenged her to create a cocktail with them, she says.

At the heart of so much of Japanese cooking is the fragrant broth called dashi. And at the heart of dashi are the delicate pink petals of katsuobushi, shaved flakes of dried bonito fish. When steeped ...

Any time I have ever mentioned bonito flakes, either online or in this thing called “real life,” one very well meaning person will say “I thought those were for cats.” While it’s true that a cat would ...