Hot pot - delicious, bubbling cauldron of choose-your-own-adventure soup. It cooks in the center of a restaurant table. It's often eaten with big groups of friends and family on the Lunar New Year ...

My family loves squash soup. At home, I make a lot of kabocha no nimono, a classic Japanese dish featuring chunky, skin-on dice of kabocha squash simmered in dashi broth seasoned with mirin and sake.