JapanEasy Bowls & Bento: Simple and Satisfying Japanese Recipes for All Day, Every Day

by Tim Anderson

Bowls & Bento is your essential guide to having super-satisfying Japanese meals 24/7. Tim Anderson shows you how you can build your own delicious bowl from scratch as well as how you can construct your very own bento (Japan's beloved and beautiful lunch boxes) from the comfort of your own home. Fun to make (and eat) Bowls & Bento celebrates the versatility, simplicity and joy of Japanese food. This is everyday self-care and self-love, in bowl and bento form.

Tim will show you just how easy it is to cook your very own Japanese meals any time of day. You can expect to find everything from soups and noodle bowls to Japanese donburi and warming, filling dishes that can function as either fun, crowd-pleasing dinner party dishes or soothing sofa-based suppers. You will also discover a wide variety of effortless bento recipes that can be made by mixing and matching various small, super-fast dishes prepared in advance (or leftover from dinner) – all of which can also easily be converted into exquisite Japanese breakfasts!

Almost everything in this book can be prepped ahead and eaten later, either cold or re-heated, with no loss in quality, allowing you to have Japanese food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in a matter of minutes. Because after all, Japanese food is not just for dinner – Japanese food is forever.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction

224 pages, Hardcover

Published October 25, 2022

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Reviews

[Claire Nolan]

Read through it. Good tips on basic ingredients and Japanese cooking. Made photocopies of recipes I want to try. Haven’t tried anything yet. Feels accessible.

[Nouvel Diamant]

Der Autor empfiehlt eine Mikrowelle und einen guten Reiskocher als nützliches Zubehör.
Wer nicht darüber verfügt, kann die Rezepte immer noch nachkochen, aber umständlicher.

[Ana K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yet again another "simple and easy" cookbook in which all the recipes require tons of special ingredients. This might be valid when you're in Japan, and have an easy access to all this, but for an European, this is too complex. And don't get me wrong, I love cooking Japanese food at home.

I would expect from a non-Japanese when writing a book about Japanese cuisine to make it accessible and give alternatives to ingredients that could be hard to find. Or actually stick to the header saying "Simple and easy". I did not understand the point of this book at all, to be honest. I can't find majority of the ingredients listed there, even online, and why should I bother?
Plus, there are a ton more actually simple and less complicated Japanese recipes, that everyone could make. They are available online and there is no need to buy such a flashy book to make them.

Anyway, such a disappointment.

[Charles Eldridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has everything: extremely organized layout, eye-catching design/art/photos, humor, and incredible accessible recipes that will be used often in my house for weeknight meals.

Author/Chef Tim Anderson’s tribute to the quick and easy dishes procured at the lauded Japanese convenience stores present easily accomplished recipes sound and look delicious in his descriptions.

This cookbook will be a good compliment to the “Love Japan” cookbook I recently acquired. Between the two, I will have a quite a few options for my Japanese food craving family - both quick lunch and weeknight and larger weekend fare. The five stars is well deserved.

[Aurélie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy recipes with relatively easy to find ingredients. I a inspired just reading this book. I’ll try several recipes later this month!

[tisasday · Rating 1 out of 5]

…MSG?!

[Hikaoru · Rating 3 out of 5]

Library visit.
I think I'll probably try 2 outta all the recipe
Definitely into 白和え