I just made Japanese-style chicken from a recipe I found online. I printed out a list of ingredients and headed for the grocery store, because for some reason, I couldn’t find anything called mirin in my fridge. Or sesame seeds, or scallions, or a few other things the recipe called for.
After spending $28 on ingredients -- it turns out that you can’t buy a half-cup of sake; you have to buy the whol…
