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Over time, food shortages have often prompted chefs to find resourceful ways to stretch ingredients, such as kartoshka, pouding chômeur, and army base stew. Okonomiyaki is just more proof that necessity is the mother of innovation.
Okonomiyaki, which roughly translates to “grilled preference,” likely existed before World War II, but it was during wartime rationing that Japan truly embraced the versatile, savory pancake. As rice was running low, some…
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