So, remember I'm doing things a little bit differently for #BrunchWeek this year?? Click to read about it: here . The gist - I'm sharing some foods from around the world that people eat for breakfast...and it differs greatly from the American regimen of eggs and bacon or pancakes. We're heading to Japan, first, in our virtual #BrunchWeek tabletop travel. A traditional Japanese-style breakfast might consist of steamed rice, miso soup, and various side dishes. I'm sharing one easy, colorful, and tasty side dish: Kinpura Gobo . Kinpira is a Japanese cooking process that is essentially sauté and simmer. It is commonly used to cook root vegetables such as carrots, gobo (burdock rook), and lotus root. Burdock root [see photo below, on the left] is a dark root vegetable that looks like a stick. It's very high in fiber and has an earthy taste. It paired nicely with some prepared Cal-Organic carrots I received for this event.* Ingredients 2 burdoc...