During a recent trip to Japan, one afternoon I noticed people lined up at a small cart. When you see a line in Japan, generally it’s best to join it. The woman was selling cooked sweet potatoes — no ...

If you want to piss off the chef at Akariba, the sweet little sake and oyster annex carved out of the Japanese brasserie Zenkichi in Williamsburg that opens to the public tonight, order the potato ...