Japanese Vegetarian Cooking [Paperback]

Lesley Downer (Author)

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Four years' residence in rural Japan gave Downer a good knowledge of that basically vegetarian cuisine. She offers three major sections of recipes: vegetables, with chapters for broccoli, chestnuts, etc.; eggs and beans, especially soybeans; and grains. She includes recipes from all parts of Japan, and from temple to farmhouse, and relates a much folklore. Given the breadth of her topic, she's done a good basic job. Most of the preparations are not intricate, expensive, or time-consuming. Some compel a new look at a familiar vegetable. SP
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 374 pages
• Publisher: Pantheon; 1St Edition edition (November 12, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0394750063
• ISBN-13: 978-0394750064
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,260,820 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars unique and clear, December 25, 2000

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"diab0lique" (Northern California, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Japanese Vegetarian Cooking (Paperback)

This is the only good vegetarian Japanese cookbook I have found. The author is a British woman who lived and worked in Japan for several years, and developed vegetarian recipes with the Japanese women she lived with. She is creative and successful in the way she modifies traditional Japanese recipes to fit into a vegetarian lifestyle. She incorporates personal stories and Japanese history into her recipes, making this book fascinating as well as useful!

5.0 out of 5 stars Do you love traditional Japanaese fare? yes? Get this Book!, January 1, 2012

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Kai Wolff (OVIEDO, FL, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Japanese Vegetarian Cooking (Paperback)

this book is exactly what it claims to be. Leslie compiled recipes from housewives and temples in Japan to create a cookbook full of traditional (not really sushi menu sort of things) foods and types of meals. The book is broken down into major ingredient list although the index lists all recipes with the ingredient. There is a brief description of the ingredient and sometimes an anecdote or two around the topic or recipe. Leslie includes New Year's Day meals and a few other specialties. I think this book is an actual Japanese cooking book rather than a Japanese-American cookbook. For no other reason than Leslie is in fact British.