Beyond octopus snack: You can make more than just a traditional Japanese street food in a takoyaki pan. Takoyaki are little ball-shaped snacks made of fried batter and filled with diced octopus and ...

Missy Frederick is the Editorial Director for Eater’s dining team. She has covered the D.C. restaurant industry since 2007, offers expertise in business reporting and regional American dishes, and ...

Is takoyaki the perfect snack? The little golden-griddled orbs of savory batter with a bit of octopus at the center are everywhere in Japan. Narrow streets lined with holes-in-the-wall serving lowbrow ...

Takoyaki, which means “grilled octopus” in Japanese, is a snack of meat (often but not necessarily octopus), aromatics such as ginger and garlic, and dough dipped in batter and griddled in pans with ...

Dodger slugger Shohei Ohtani is influencing on the field — and off. The Japanese snack takoyaki — fried octopus balls — is now being sold as a concession item at the stadium as part of a deal with the ...

The giant deep-sea octopus Haliphron is so rare that marine biologists have seen it just three times in 27 years. Using a robotic sub, scientists have finally caught video footage of this animal at ...

We've all heard about Japan's obsession with unusual KitKats (soy sauce flavor, anyone?), but the list of unconventional snack food doesn't end there. Not by a long shot. Pop into any 7-11, ...

Is takoyaki the perfect snack? The little golden-griddled orbs of savory batter with a bit of octopus at the center are everywhere in Japan. Narrow streets lined with holes-in-the-wall serving lowbrow ...