Nowadays, bread is becoming increasingly popular as a breakfast food in many Japanese homes. It is probable that most people are reaching for toast, donuts and rolls first thing in the morning rather than traditional Japanese breakfast foods like natto, raw eggs, roast salmon, grilled Japanese horse mackerel, simmered or boiled vegetable dishes, grated radish, boiled and dried baby sardines, nori (dried seaweed), and pickled plums. They are being passed up in favor of other foreign foods. We recognized that these specific Japanese foods are easy to store, prepare and digest because of the way they are preserved (like dried seaweed) and fermented (like natto).Today, we’d like to revisit the value of Japanese food. We will also learn how useful a frying pan can be for one person meals for those who live alone.