According to Chef Christopher Koetke, Corporate Executive Chef at Ajinomoto, "Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the purest form of umami. [...] MSG has been used as a seasoning for more than a hundred ...

Check the seasoning aisle of your grocery store. In the Uzbek market near me they carry clear bags of Ajinomoto and I decant it at home into my MSG cellar and smaller back-up jars for easier storage.

When playwright Keiko Green was in her early teens, she learned that her grandfather — her ojiichan — had worked as a food scientist for Ajinomoto, the Tokyo-based company best known ... Green ...