SINGAPORE — Mention agar agar, and you would probably think of the traditional jelly version that your grandmas and aunties used to prepare when you would visit them during Chinese New Year. This ...

Editor’s note: In the Taste of Life series, cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life. Ai Hosokawa, who grew ...

Editor’s note: The theme of Gohan Lab is to help people make simple, tasty “gohan” (meals). Our sweet of the week is mitsumame, a Japanese dessert featuring agar (kanten) jelly. You’ll find its silky ...

Dear New York, we see that you’ve finally caught up with our favourite traditional childhood snack, agar-agar. For the rest of you, you’d notice that all the internet has been talking about the past ...