Favorite Japanese Dishes (Quick & Easy) [Paperback]

Yukiko Moriyama (Author)

Book Description

Series: Quick & Easy | Publication Date: September 24, 2004

This book is the 8th in a series of cookbooks designed to introduce simple ways to make some of the worlds most interesting and delicious cuisines. Quick & Easy Favorite Japanese Dishes brings together delicious recipes for the five most popular Japanese dishes: Shabu Shabu, Sukityaki, Tempura, Teppanyaki, and Teriyaki. It contains not only description of ingredients, preparation and instructions but also 600 illustrations, to support the step-by-step processes. One can safely say that this is the very book that embodies the motto "Quick & Easy."

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About the Author

Yukiko Moriyama graduated from Japan Women's University in Tokyo with a degree in Home Economics and currently teaches cooking classes in Seattle, Washington, USA. As a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Yukiko makes frequent trips to Japan and other parts of Asia to enrich her knowledge of the latest Asian cuisine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Japan Publications Trading (September 24, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 4889961321
• ISBN-13: 978-4889961324
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #74 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Regional & International > Asian > Japanese

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Japanese home cooking, November 5, 2004

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Zack Davisson "japanreviewed" (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Favorite Japanese Dishes (Quick & Easy) (Paperback)

"Favorite Japanese Dishes" is the second "Quick and Easy" cookbook that I have bought, and I remain impressed with the series. There is a good variety of dishes, and very simple instructions for cooking.

This one focuses on five fundamental styles of Japanese cooking, basically what a Japanese family would eat at home on a day-to-day basis. Shabu-shabu are generally meat dishes cooked in a metal hot pot, Sukiyaki is both meat and seafood cooked in either a metal or a ceramic nabe pot. Tempura is battered and fried...well anything, really. Teppan-yaki is thin slices of meat and vegetables cooked on a metal hot plate. Teriyaki is a slow style of cooking fish and meats that produces a distinctive taste.

Shabu-shabu, Sukiyaki and Teppan-yaki are all very social means of cooking, where everyone sits around a bubbling pot or hot plate and cooks their own meal at a table. They are really great ways to have a dinner party, even better in the winter when you can huddle around a hot dish.

Each style has a good sample of different ingredients using the same method. There is typically a beef dish, a pork dish, a chicken dish and a seafood dish. While I haven't tried everything, the Seafood sukiyaki is amazing, as is the salmon teriyaki.

"Favorite Japanese Dishes" is probably not a very good cookbook for vegetarians, as almost all of the dishes have meat or seafood of some sort. The exception is tempura, which can be cooked with pretty much anything.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very nicely illustrated and very useful, May 3, 2011

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C. J. Thompson "Arctic John" (Pond Inlet, Nunavut Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Favorite Japanese Dishes (Quick & Easy) (Paperback)

This is a very nice publication from the excellent 'Quick and Easy' series. The book focuses on just 5 meals: Shabu-Shabu, Sukiyaki, Tempura, Teppan-Yaki and Teriyaki, but it provides a lot of variations on each. In particular, the Tempura section is one of the best and most usefully illustrated coverages of the topic I have seen anywhere. The book may be a bit too specialized to be a first book for beginners, but the way it presents techniques will make it easy for even novices to follow.