Equal parts simple and spellbinding, miso soup is traditionally made by dissolving miso paste into a delicate dashi stock to create a spoonable, savory dish that often includes tofu and scallions ...

But there’s another widely used, intensely flavored ingredient that packs a major umami punch: miso. The fermented paste is most known for flavoring soup, but it’s a seasoning powerhouse with ...

An experiment on board the International Space Station (ISS) has produced miso paste, thought to be the first food deliberately fermented outside Earth — a feat that scientists hope will shed ...