You can’t go anywhere without seeing a man with a beard these days. From red carpets to surfing competitions, bushy beards are shaking off their checkered past and making an unstoppable, hipster ...

Hmm. Several of my Japanese male friends sport beards, so I can't say it's something I've thought about before. Wrong. Japanese men are the only East Asians with beard and mustache. Now that I am ...

Onigiri makes for a great on-the-go snack at Daruma, the Japanese convenience store opened by James Beard semifinalist chef Hideki Harada on Court Street last year. Onigiri at Daruma, a Japanese ...