Because of this, many of the women planted bamboo leaves and salt outside their bedrooms - both items said to be favored by goats.

The $30 platter consists of 12 pieces (six different types of fish), all standards, prettily arranged in rows on a large green bamboo leaf.

'Be as the bamboo leaf bent by the dew.'

The dumpling comes encased in a fresh bamboo leaf that the diner removes.

Sometimes bamboo leaves are added along with radish in the fermentation mixture.

Overhead the long bamboo leaves were defined by occluded stars; they looked like sprays of a giant baccilus.

Before long, the steamy mountain and the salt sea vanish and some hano sushi floats in on a bamboo leaf.

These are steamed in a bamboo leaf and then tied up in a neat package.

The waiter handed Rokuro an intricately folded bamboo leaf.

Fold each bamboo leaf or parchment sheet tightly to make a small rounded packet with seams facing up; ends may be tucked under to secure them.