Simple & Delicious Japanese Cooking [Hardcover]

Keiko Hayashi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1999

Most Westerners think of Japanese cooking as a difficult art requiring special, hard-to-find ingredients and the mastery of complex and time-consuming techniques. In her thirty years of teaching Japanese cooking to foreign residents in Tokyo, author Keiko Hayashi has proved these assumptions wrong. She has become a master at simplifying difficult traditional Japanese cooking procedures without compromising taste or appearance, and of explaining the use of Japanese ingredients and finding readily available Western substitutes. Simple and Delicious Japanese Cooking contains more than one hundred recipes, all of which are easy to follow, kitchen tested, and presented in full color. The recipes are categorized into hors d'oeuvres, soups, seafood, chicken and eggs, meats, vegetables, rice noodles, and desserts. In addition, the author offers four seasonal menus. She also explains traditional Japanese cooking utensils and techniques and provides an exhaustive guide to basic ingredients. Simple and Delicious Japanese Cooking is the perfect introduction to one of the world's great cuisines.

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About the Author

Keiko Hayashi began assisting her mother and grandmother in the kitchen at the age of four. Since 1969, Hayashi has published a series of cookbooks and her original recipes have frequently appeared in women's and health-oriented magazines, daily newspapers, and on television. For nearly thirty years she has conducted cooking classes for foreign residents in Tokyo.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Weatherhill (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0834804255
• ISBN-13: 978-0834804258
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,221,102 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super photos and descriptions, February 15, 2000

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Judith Orlopp (Paso Robles, California) - See all my reviews
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There's a delicious color photo of each recipe, and even the typically Japanese ingredients needed are photographed and described at the end of the book. The method of preparation is clear and simple, and the book really makes you feel confident of spectacular results.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple & Delicious Japanese Cooking, May 25, 2001

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This review is from: Simple & Delicious Japanese Cooking (Hardcover)

This is a fabulous cookbook. It's the best I've found on Japanese cusine. Beautiful photos generously illustrate recipes as well as preparation techniques. An added delight is the illustrated index of ingredients and utensils. But the recipies are the best part of all. They are superb in taste yet not difficult to prepare. This wonderful book lives up to its title!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Cookbook by a Fabulous Cookbook Author, March 18, 2005

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Carolyn Blount Brodersen "Tumerica" (Southern California) - See all my reviews

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I LOVE Keiko Hayashi and have enjoyed her cookbooks for almost 20 years! In fact, I'd have to admit, she taught me how to cook Japanese (wa-shoku).

Simple & Delicious certainly lives up to its title and is a delight for the eyes and the palate. My only request, Ms. Hayashi, is to provide some sympathetic substitutes for those hard-to-find Japanese ingredients, so Westerners can still complete your wonderful recipes.

Thanks for spreading the joy of great Japanese cuisine.