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Antioxidant content and activity are increased during the processing and digestion of Japanese apricots pickled with salted red perilla leaves, new research shows. Shiso-zuke umeboshi, a traditional ...

Perilla leaves — also called shiso leaves — have an overpowering flavor, so you want to use them carefully. Here, they accent a fresh and crunchy salad with minty and bitter notes. Also try them whole ...

A savory compound butter infused with herbaceous shiso leaves and jammy shallots adds rich, buttery depth to this grilled steak. Steak and compound butter is a timeless pairing, and this version from ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It’s telling that with such limited ground -- not even 20 square feet -- ...

What’s in a name? If it’s two varieties of Perilla, potentially a lot of confusion. Even growers and trusted internet resources (I’m looking at you, Wikipedia) get them wrong, muddling images of shiso ...

Anyone with a garden knows that when Japanese shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa) grows, it really grows. But having an abundance of shiso is the best kind of problem: Just make yourself a batch of ...

My family has grown kkaennip, or perilla leaves, for as long as I can remember. Right before a barbecue, we’d pluck and wash them. And then, when we were ready to eat, we’d wrap still-sizzling pieces ...

When chef Son Jong-won of Seoul’s one-Michelin-star Eatanic Garden was asked recently about the one ingredient he felt could be better represented outside Korea, he did not hesitate. “If you go to ...