According to Kikkoman, mirin is a rice wine used as a seasoning or consumed as a beverage in Japanese cuisine. It is a sweet liquor containing about 14% alcohol content and 40 to 50% sugar content.

It is especially easy to get a bit muddled when you come across rice vinegar and rice wine vinegar in a recipe -- surely the ...

This fermentation process uses fine polished white rice, like grapes for wine or grain for beer. After the rice has been polished, it soaks in water and is then steamed. Koji mold, the national ...