- paperback; 137 pages
- A guide to the culinary art of Japan discusses cooking techniques, equipment, and traditional ingredients, and includes more than 250 recipes for appetizers, soups, sushi, vegetables, meat and fish, and rice and noodle dishes.
- "...Ms. Shimbo does a fine job of making a rigorous and exotic cuisine accessible." New York Times - Regina Schrambling (07/11/2001)
In this comprehensive IACP Award-nominated cookbook, Hiroko Shimbo gently and authoritatively demystifies Japanese cuisine for Western cooks. In Part One, Shimbo offers up an extended cooking-school lesson in Japanese ingredients, cooking methods, and implements, with ample advice on easy-to-find substitute ingredients and shortcut techniques. This first part also has all the basic recipes for sauces, stocks, dressings, and relishes, plus time-tested secrets of rice and noodle cookery, all of which give readers the skills to improvise and create their own Japanese meals.
In Part Two, Shimbo serves up a stunning feast of Japanese dishes, from updated classics of the traditional repertoire to her own delectable creations. Here are scrumptious appetizers like Tempura Pancakes and Salmon and Vegetables in a Sweet Vinegar Marinade, clear and delicate miso soups, hearty yet refined chicken, duck, and meat entrées, delicious fish and shellfish preparations, and lots of Japan’s fa
