soba dish for the upcoming new year
Category: Food and Restaurants
I grew up playing a lot of Harvest Moon and participating in GaiaOnline forums. "Buckwheat noodles" would always make an appearance around the new year in each, and, growing up in Appalachia as a white descendent of western European immigrants, I didn't know what the deal was. Nor did I think to learn more at the time. The memory did, however, stick, and upon visiting an international market a wee... » Continue Reading