Incorporating Japanese flavors into your everyday Western menu is simple using six easy sauces to create 125 quick and delicious recipes. Well-loved best-selling cookbook author Hiroko Shimbo shares the key to marrying Japanese and Western flavors.You love Japanese food. You enjoy it at restaurants whenever you can. But what you really want to do is to prepare it …
Japanese cuisine is appreciated worldwide for its healthiness and its beauty in both appearance and flavour. The characteristic ‘savoury-ness’ (umami) is achieved despite minimum use of oil, salt and flavourings. Dashi (‘stock’) and the resulting umami are said to be the reason Japanese-cuisine is special. But what are they? How do they work? And why? This beautifully illustrated …
Make Your Own Japanese Clothes: Patterns and Ideas for Modern Wear
Classical elegance. Loose-fitting comfort. Versatility. Functional design. These are just some of the reasons why traditional Japanese clothes have captured the imagination of modern fashion designers and stylish dressers around the world.Making Japanese clothes is surprisingly simple. Patterns consist of virtually all straight lines, and the non-body-conforming shapes require no darts, buttonholes, or zippers.Here, in this creative sourcebook, …
Kawaii Bento Boxes: Cute and Convenient Japanese Meals on the Go
A bento box meal (single portions of different foods packed in one reusable container) is a Japanese tradition that lends itself well to today’s busy lifestyle. Although bento boxes are available to take out from restaurants and food stands, they are most frequently prepared at home, very often by parents wishing to provide their children with delicious, healthy, …
The Folk Art of Japanese Country Cooking: A Traditional Diet for Today’s World
Those who love Japanese food know there is more to it than sukiyaki, tempura, and sushi. A variety of miso-based soups, one-pot cooking (nabemono), and vegetable side dishes with sweet vinegar dressing (sunomono) are just a few of the traditional dishes that are attracting many interested in Asian cooking. Homma presents an intriguing mixture of Japanese country cooking, …
Yum-Yum Bento is back with 52 more easy seasonal-themed bento lunches. From the depths of winter to the height of summer, a beautiful lunch can brighten any day. Japanese bento boxes are portable and pretty meals packed with healthy portions and plenty of cheer. And they’re outrageously cute! With Yum-Yum Bento All Year Round, you’ll fall in …
With a write-up in the Michelin Guide, European ramen events, and the exploding popularity of Tonkotsu Ramen in China, Japanese ramen is taking the stage as an international dish. A plethora of ramen shops exist in Japan, ranging from old shops offering tastes unchanged since pre-war days to new shops purveying the latest, most fashionable flavors. Japan’s most …
The Enlightened Kitchen: Fresh Vegetable Dishes from the Temples of Japan
Nourish body and soul with simple, delicious food from Japan’s temples.The Enlightened Kitchen introduces readers to shojin ryori, the traditional vegetarian cooking of Japan’s Buddhist temples. Shojin food, with its emphasis on fresh, seasonal vegetables, staples such as seaweed, grains and tofu, and natural flavorings rather than chemical additives, is a highly nutritious and delicious alternative to the …
Shojin ryori is the art of Japanese vegetarian cuisine that originated from the Japanese Zen temples, but is today widely popular all over the world for its healthful and well-balanced meals prepared without meat, fish, eggs or dairy products.With clearly written step-by-step instructions and insightful cooking tips, chef Danny Chu of Enso Kitchen will show you how to …
If you like ramen, the you’ll love this book! Packed with recipes for almost every kind of ramen including shio, shoyu, miso, and tonkotsu you’ll get step by step instructions on how to make healthy, delicious ramen the same way they make it in Japan. You’ll also find out how to make your own ramen noodles. …