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| | Easy home-style Japanese food |
 | | Variations are the name of the game here - from region to region, family to family, even brother to sister; the name of the first dish, okonomiyaki, which means "cook as you like," could just as well describe all three dishes. |
 | | Yakisoba is stir-fried noodles with meat and vegetables; the third, nikujaga, is a hearty stew combining niku (meat) and jaga (potatoes). |
 | | Both the bottled okonomiyaki and yakisoba sauces are reminiscent of American steak sauces that combine ketchup and Worchestshire sauce. |
| www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1999/06/23/EPICURE7456.dtl&type=printable (990 words) |
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