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Japanese Comfort Cooking: An Opinionated Guide to Modern, Homey, Classic Japanese Recipes
Join the bestselling authors of Japanese Soul Cooking for a fun, passionate dive into modern Japanese comfort cooking, with over 100 achievable recipes.
These authentic Japanese recipes are fast enough for easy weeknight meals, elegant enough for special weekend dinners. And the best part? They're dishes anyone can knock out.
Think soul-satisfying miso soup, toothsome soba noodles, broiled fish three ways, and vegetables steeped in fragrant umami seasonings. And also Japanese-style sandwiches, beautiful salads, miso flat iron steak, wagyu burgers, and the best fried chicken on planet Earth (promise).
In Japanese Comfort Cooking, celebrated chef Tadashi Ono and James Beard Award-nominated food writer Harris Salat show you why traditional miso, soy sauce, and sake producers are your BFFs in the kitchen (spoiler they do the flavor heavy-lifting, making cooking fast); how to create healthy meals the Japanese way; and how to ace the "refrigerator test"—conjuring a quick, tasty Japanese dish with whatever's on hand. They also include 100 recipes and helpful advice
All-purpose miso soups like Chilled Heirloom Tomato and Silken Tofu Miso Soup—plus a guide on how to make dozens more irresistible miso soup combinations. Nutritious weeknight meals that come together in under 30 minutes, like Next-Level Karaage and Tuna Sashimi with Avocado and Karashi. Classic and modern twists on Japanese sandwiches like Pork Katsu, Tori Nanban, and Wagyu Sando.With surprising stories behind the dishes, plus tips, accessible recipes, and step-by-step photographic guides, Japanese Comfort Cooking shows you how this cuisine can be both quick and easy to cook, and so deeply satisfying.
These authentic Japanese recipes are fast enough for easy weeknight meals, elegant enough for special weekend dinners. And the best part? They're dishes anyone can knock out.
Think soul-satisfying miso soup, toothsome soba noodles, broiled fish three ways, and vegetables steeped in fragrant umami seasonings. And also Japanese-style sandwiches, beautiful salads, miso flat iron steak, wagyu burgers, and the best fried chicken on planet Earth (promise).
In Japanese Comfort Cooking, celebrated chef Tadashi Ono and James Beard Award-nominated food writer Harris Salat show you why traditional miso, soy sauce, and sake producers are your BFFs in the kitchen (spoiler they do the flavor heavy-lifting, making cooking fast); how to create healthy meals the Japanese way; and how to ace the "refrigerator test"—conjuring a quick, tasty Japanese dish with whatever's on hand. They also include 100 recipes and helpful advice
All-purpose miso soups like Chilled Heirloom Tomato and Silken Tofu Miso Soup—plus a guide on how to make dozens more irresistible miso soup combinations. Nutritious weeknight meals that come together in under 30 minutes, like Next-Level Karaage and Tuna Sashimi with Avocado and Karashi. Classic and modern twists on Japanese sandwiches like Pork Katsu, Tori Nanban, and Wagyu Sando.With surprising stories behind the dishes, plus tips, accessible recipes, and step-by-step photographic guides, Japanese Comfort Cooking shows you how this cuisine can be both quick and easy to cook, and so deeply satisfying.
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254 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 9, 2026
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When opening this book, you are greeted with pictures of Japanese food and restaurants, which makes you want to turn the pages to see the recipes. Ono has included a table of contents that includes such topics a Rice, Noodles, Vegetables, fish and much more. Throughout the entire book, you have colorful and cultural photographs which give life to this cookbook. Ono also explains that this book is comprised of Japanese recipes that are raku-raku (easy peasy) and I would agree with that. Also, included in this book is a section on how to eat and cook Japanese food plus explanation on ingredients that are used in the Japanese culture. Each chapter has an introduction about the main ingredient of that section (ex. Rice, noodles, fish etc.). I made the following dishes to see how easy the recipes were to follow:
Tamago Yaki Meshi (Egg Fried Rice)
Spanish Ohitashi
Yasai Itame (stir fried vegetables)
Cod Karage – (Fried cod)
Soy Sauce Roast Whole Chicken
All these recipes were easy peasy to make and they were delicious. I did have to go and pick up some of the ingredients from a specialty store but for the most part you could find what you need at your local grocery store. A worthwhile addition to your cookbook shelf. Thank you to Clarkson Potter for a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
Tamago Yaki Meshi (Egg Fried Rice)
Spanish Ohitashi
Yasai Itame (stir fried vegetables)
Cod Karage – (Fried cod)
Soy Sauce Roast Whole Chicken
All these recipes were easy peasy to make and they were delicious. I did have to go and pick up some of the ingredients from a specialty store but for the most part you could find what you need at your local grocery store. A worthwhile addition to your cookbook shelf. Thank you to Clarkson Potter for a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
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