By Rie McClenny & Sanae Lemoine
Authenticity of recipes: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Translation quality: N/A
Ease of instructions: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Recipe appeal : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
My recommendation: An excellent Japanese cookbook for people living outside Japan, especially if you’re a novice at Japanese cooking.
We all want to eat healthy and delicious food—especially after the holidays—and deciding to eat more Japanese cuisine is the ideal way to get the new year off to a great start. But if you live outside Japan, it can be challenging to get started if you’re cooking in a western kitchen and used to western techniques.
Both authors of this fabulous cookbook have one foot in Japan and one foot in America, which means they know how authentic Japanese dishes are supposed to taste, but understand how challenging it can be to replicate that goodness if you live outside Japan.
The dishes in this cookbook are simple to make without specialized tools or a restaurant kitchen, while still delivering the kind of traditional Japanese home cooking goodness that our bodies will thank us for afterwards.
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Jonelle Patrick writes novels set in Japan, and blogs at Only In Japan and The Tokyo Guide I Wish I’d Had
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