Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. Ever since I received a yakitori grill for my birthday last December, I’ve been more popular than I have in my ...

Few foods are as simple, as elemental, as grilled meat on a stick. The skewer is common to almost every culture and best in the most casual settings: on a backyard Weber grill, in the tight confines ...

Indulge in a culinary journey this weekend, from limited-time yakitori to a Nordic-inspired afternoon tea, and a brand new ...

“Ura! It’s Ura!” Up in the nosebleed seats of Ryogoku Kokugikan, Tokyo’s packed-to-the-gills sumo arena, I’m cheering for my favorite wrestler with a skewer of grilled chicken. It’s not that I’m ...

Discover the hidden yakitori delight in Akabane at Yakitori Daikichi! 🍢🔥 Get ready for unforgettable skewers, expertly ...

Traditionally, yakitori specifically refers to grilled chicken parts (yaki means skewers and tori means chicken). Here, juicy dark thigh meat is marinated briefly in mirin (sweet rice wine), sake and ...

With a stockpile of meticulously dissected, organic, free-range Pennsylvania chicken cuts — lacquered in a five-year-old soy sauce mixture and tethered on skinny bamboo sticks awaiting the glowing ...

Just west of Tokyo’s Shinjuku station, the busiest train station in the world, the air is said to be heavy with the irresistible aroma of chicken cooking on charcoal grills. This is Yakitori Alley ...

There’s much more to yakitori than grilled chicken on a stick, though that is, at first glance and by name, the long and short of it. One of Japan’s most pervasive cuisines, the simply monikered craft ...

There is something very satisfying about eating things on sticks – everything from the candyfloss I ate in my youth to lurid yellow curry fishballs I enjoy now. It is also one of my favourite ...