Okashi Treats is a collection of cakes, cookies and pastries that represent the intricacy of French-style baking, and the delicate simplicity of Japanese flavours. The featured recipes have been refined and given a new edge through the delicate fusion of French-style baking and Japanese flavours and techniques. Replete with a fully illustrated section on essential baking equipment, with step-by-step pictures, concise information on baking techniques and useful tips and headnotes for each recipe, experienced bakers and beginners in baking will be in no lack of inspiration.
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About the Author
Keiko Ishida was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan where she learnt the basics of Japanese cooking from her mother. She studied traditional Japanese cooking for 5 years at a cooking school in Sendai, Japan, then went on to pursue her other passion, pastry, in France. After her overseas sojourn, Keiko set up her own bakerym Atelier K, in Tokyo. Today, Keiko lives in Singapore with her husband and conducts classes on Japanese cooking and baking. She enjoys making sweet confections using Japanese ingredients.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Rilakkuma
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Supper happy when I found this little treasure book!! Can't believe that I missed it before!!! The "plain" cover is like a disguise. Inside, there are tons of beautiful recipe, each have a whole page of EACH final product, step-by-step pictures with recipe + lots of useful tips. I'm in love with Japanese pastry & bakery - their cake are normally very light & fluffy (compare to the overly sweet + thick American version). Plus, their cream & custard is subtle & fresh... Yum yum yum!!! I never worry about gaining weight from making & consume Japanese sweet!
This book mostly cover cake section - from basic, favorite to advantage. The book also include lots of tart, tiramisu, muffin, Swiss Rolls..etc. There are lots of sponge cake recipe & the author will tell you how are they difference from other, and which recipe you would use it!! Huge section of Japanese chiffon cake!!! Yum!! I tried the Green tea Chiffon, and it was fantastic! Gone within few hours!! (even though I still need to adjust my oven temperature, which varies for each person).
Btw, it's best to "weight" the ingredients properly - go and invest in a digital scale (cost less than $30). Japanese eggs are much "smaller" than American Jumbo eggs... 5 eggs in Japan would weigh about 180 gram, while 3 American egg would weight over 220 gram already. So figure it out yourself, of what to adjust and what not!
Japanese cook books, although are very beautiful & simple & lots of graphic pictures (more than French bakery books), they are rarely translate to English - so if you ever spot one, GET THEM ASAP! I also recommend "Soy-milk Desserts" - a Japanese cook book. I've made most of the recipes in the book, and they all WORKS!! *eye rolling* (Normally, I'm lucky if 3-5 recipes work per book), but heck, most recipe in that book work perfectly!!! Another reason for me to trust Japanese book, over any French & American books (which I have hundreds of them *sigh*).
Another very good Japanese book is "Chilled Dessert," which is supper yummy & delicious as well!!
This book mostly cover cake section - from basic, favorite to advantage. The book also include lots of tart, tiramisu, muffin, Swiss Rolls..etc. There are lots of sponge cake recipe & the author will tell you how are they difference from other, and which recipe you would use it!! Huge section of Japanese chiffon cake!!! Yum!! I tried the Green tea Chiffon, and it was fantastic! Gone within few hours!! (even though I still need to adjust my oven temperature, which varies for each person).
Btw, it's best to "weight" the ingredients properly - go and invest in a digital scale (cost less than $30). Japanese eggs are much "smaller" than American Jumbo eggs... 5 eggs in Japan would weigh about 180 gram, while 3 American egg would weight over 220 gram already. So figure it out yourself, of what to adjust and what not!
Japanese cook books, although are very beautiful & simple & lots of graphic pictures (more than French bakery books), they are rarely translate to English - so if you ever spot one, GET THEM ASAP! I also recommend "Soy-milk Desserts" - a Japanese cook book. I've made most of the recipes in the book, and they all WORKS!! *eye rolling* (Normally, I'm lucky if 3-5 recipes work per book), but heck, most recipe in that book work perfectly!!! Another reason for me to trust Japanese book, over any French & American books (which I have hundreds of them *sigh*).
Another very good Japanese book is "Chilled Dessert," which is supper yummy & delicious as well!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Tomoko Lee
Format:Paperback
Keiko's recipes are easy to follow yet produce great results. Not only does the book contain classic French sweets with a Japanese twist but also offer special recipes for health conscious people, such as recipes without eggs or dairy products. You can even make cookies and cake for your doggies or kitties! The back page has a European - American measurement conversion chart, which is very helpful. Beautiful color pictures for over 70 recipes are fun to look at.
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you are tired of the usual baking flavor combos, this book will give you lots of ideas on how to use Japanese ingredients in French style pastry/baking. Ingredients such as black sesame, green tea, red beans, miso, sweet potato and silken tofu are what you will be expected to stock your pantry with as you work through these yummy recipes. Big, beautiful photos and straightforward instructions. There is also a bonus chapter on Pet Treats which is a pleasant surprise!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
WoW! a gem!
This book is incredible!
Although you might not think that japanese are also amazing at deserts, you're just wrong, and this book will prove it to you! Read more
Although you might not think that japanese are also amazing at deserts, you're just wrong, and this book will prove it to you! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Vlad Trifa
5.0 out of 5 stars
Metric is easy
Any complaint about metric formulas is unfortunate. Metric system as far as baking is concerned is extremely precise and easy. Everyting ismeasured by weight in grams. Read more
Published 6 months ago by wolfman49er
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not Imperial Measurements.....
This book is lovely to look at, but you should be aware that the measurements are metric, not imperial. Read more
Published 7 months ago by N. Boyett
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent cookbook
Like many other people, I have so many cookbooks on my shelf. This is one cookbook that has actually been used many times and so far, all the recipes have worked wonderfully! Read more
Published 18 months ago by mw
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