o you want to throw a hibachi party? First you’d think it would involve a literal hibachi – but that’s not entirely true. The original hibachi is a “fire bowl” that dates back to Japan’s Heian period (794-1185 AD) and was used to heat rooms and warm hands. Cooking wasn’t their original purpose. Today, though, the word “hibachi” has been mistranslated by Westerners to mean any type of Japanese barbecue – whether the cooking is done with a konro,
