Today: part one of a special two-part series focusing on timeless Kyoto. Marc visits cooking expert Sugimoto Setsuko. Together, the pair make bentos featuring Kyoto specialty shiro miso.

Sweet white miso (usually sold as shiro miso) is sweeter and lighter in taste, colour and texture. It's always smooth in texture and is more suited to use in salad dressings, spreads and marinades.

Sweet white miso (usually sold as shiro miso) is sweeter and lighter in taste, colour and texture. It's always smooth in texture and is more suited to use in salad dressings, spreads and marinades.

This is the tofu that has settled to the bottom. The miso they'll likely have used will be shiro (white) which isn't so strongly flavoured that it overpowers the other ingredients. Its sweetness ...

This recipe goes one further by adding shiro miso. Yep, forget all those sweet pots you’ve made in the past – this one is full of umami magic. Miso is a paste usually made from fermented soybe ...

When it comes to stocking your pantry with quality miso, you might be surprised to see just how many varieties of the ...