The Cook's Encyclopedia of Japanese Cooking

Cook's Encyclopedias

by Emi Kazuko, Yasuko Fukuoka (Collaborator)

KAZUKO, The Cook's Encyclopedia of Japanese Cooking. New York, Barnes & Noble Books, 2003. Trade Paperback, 256 pp. Non-Fiction / Japanese Cuisine & Cooking / Encyclopedias. Book Good – Very Good. Inch and a half cut found about one-third from the top of spine, but does not affect its structural integrity; it is still well-intact. Bumping to corners evident. Light foxing smudges found at the top-central border of pages following p. 256 (the pages labeled “notes”). Still a nice and well intact copy. A concise and handy guide to the exotic cuisine of Japan. Learn about the ingredients and techniques used in Japanese cooking. Includes recipes by Yasuko Fukuoka. 0760749892

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Emi Kazuko is the author of numerous food books, and was the winner of the Best in the World Asian Cuisine Book Award from the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2001 in Périgueux for the book Japanese Food and Cooking. Another of Emi's books, Street Café Japan has been made into a 3-part TV series transmitted in UK and Australia by the UK Style digital channel. For this, Emi acted as a programme consultant, leading the crew to various culinary centres in Japan.

Emi has also contributed articles to magazines such as Condé Nast Traveller and to bestselling books such as the Eyewitness Travel Guide to Japan. As a professional broadcaster, she has appeared on ‘Woman’s Hour’ (Radio 4) and BBC World Service current affairs programmes.

Japanese home cooking is Emi's strength and she both teaches cooking as well as prepares food for photography. She is particularly thrilled to work as a consultant on food development and leads delegations from the foreign food industry to Japan.

It is Emi's hope that Japanese cooking will one day become part of the daily Western diet. Through her professional work, she is helping to achieve this.

Reviews

[Wren Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just what I needed to demystify my regular impulse buys at my local Asian grocery store!

[Ahemx · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations and good cooking tips. Most of the recipes were easy but ingredients not always easy to find (daikon). If you like cookbooks you will enjoy the encyclopedia series, if you want a cookbook that you want to have on your bookshelf for a couple of years and skim through but not use often, this will work. :-)