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The Manga Cookbook: Japanese Bento Boxes, Main Dishes and More! Paperback – December 25, 2007

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Reading manga sure can make a person hungry! Food appears frequently in Japanese comics, but what exactly is it that the characters are eating? Introducing The Manga Cookbook, an illustrated step-by-step guide to preparing simple Japanese dishes using ingredients found in every Western kitchen. Learn to identify and make the same things you see in all your favorite manga: authentic onigiri (rice balls), yakitori (skewered chicken), oshinko (pickled vegetables), udon (Japanese noodles), okonomiyaki (Japanese-style pizza) and many others! Includes sections on how to assemble bento boxed lunches and properly use chopsticks. Features original manga illustrations by Chihiro Hattori. Soon, you too can enjoy a meal fit for a manga character!

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Japanime Co. Ltd.
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December 25, 2007
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6 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches
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4921205078
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The Manga Cookbook: Japanese Main Dishes, Bento Boxes and More

From the test kitchens of the Manga University Culinary Institute comes the ORIGINAL manga-illustrated step-by-step guide to making food featured in Japanese cartoons, including:

- Appealing Appetizers!

- Bento Basics!

- Japanese Sweets!

Meet Miyuki, Hiroshi and Coo — our kawaii cast of kitchen characters

Every aspiring chef needs a culinary sensei, somebody who will patiently teach them how to thrive in the kitchen. The Manga Cookbook is fortunate to have not just one mastermind — but three!

Miyuki is the team's top chef, while Hiroshi is a close runner-up. And then there's Coo, a cuddly mascot whose knowledge of Japanese cuisine would make an Iron Chef blush!

Want to build your own bento? The Manga Cookbook shows you how

The Manga University Culinary Institute gives tips, tricks and techniques for preparing bento box lunches that are as attractive to look at as they are yummy to eat.

Spend just a few minutes with The Manga Cookbook, and you'll never have to spend your lunch break with a boring, bland bento again!

You'll be making fun, tasty and healthy food in just a few simple steps

Using ingredients found in every kitchen, follow the illustrated step-by-step instructions and you too can make meals that would satisfy any manga character’s appetite.

Onigiri (rice balls), yakitori (chicken kebabs), udon (Japanese noodles), okonomiyaki (Japanese-style pizza) — the Manga Cookbook has all of that, and much more!

Delicious!

Hilarious!

Adorable!

And Fun!

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Youngsters can participate in manga cooking with The Manga Cookbook from The Manga University Culinary Institute, which offers 27 basic recipes by Yoko Ishihara introduced with color photographs. Additional black and white step-by-step comic book illustrations by Chihiro Hattori show how to make rabbit-shaped apple slices, rice hamburgers, pickled vegetables and teriyaki chicken.

Readers are guided through the cookbook by three cartoon characters: a young girl, Miyuki, who calls herself the kitchen sensei; Hiroshi, her boyfriend who likes to eat; and the feline-like mascot, Coo, identified as the book's culinary mastermind. In addition to recipes, more information about many of the dishes and ingredients are presented through Miyuki's notes. --San Francisco Chronicle

After many of the recipes is additional information, often quite fascinating, about the dishes and ingredients. You will learn plenty of Japanese culinary terms as well as elements of Japanese culture. --Richard Auffrey, The Passionate Foodie,

A "Top 10 Popular Paperbacks" selection for 2011 --American Library Association

About the Author

YOKO ISHIHARA is a certified nutritionist and chef, having earned her degree from Japan's prestigious Kagawa Nutrition University. Ishihara-sensei contributed the recipes and notes to this book, and as a mother of three, knows nearly as much about manga as she does about cooking.

CHIHIRO HATTORI is best known as the artist whose delightful illustrations in Manga University's Kanji de Manga series have taught thousands of students how to read and write Japanese. An avid cook, she created some of the cute bento designs in this book, and has been known to sneak an Usagi Ringo or two into the lunch her husband carries to work.

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Publisher : Japanime Co. Ltd.; 0 edition (December 25, 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 158 pages
ISBN-10 : 4921205078
ISBN-13 : 978-4921205072
Item Weight : 8.8 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.5 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #133,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #21 in Nonfiction Manga (Books)
- #84 in Japanese Cooking, Food & Wine
- #3,512 in Graphic Novels (Books)

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2016

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Super easy to follow recipes with cute drawings. I'm no chef but even I could follow them.

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Jennifer Lee

Fun cookbook, And very cute!

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I absolutely love this book! If you love manga and anime, You'll love how they give you helpful hints with colorful and cute details instructions. The characters are a little forgettable, Except for the mascot, But it gives real helpful hints on how to make bento boxes, To difficult foods that I haven't ever made before. I can't wait to get my hands on the ingredients to make Dango, So I try them. This book will make you want to cook, Because it's so much fun. And it has friendly tips on how to substitute ingredients if you can't find them in your local store, And how to make things from scratch that are hard to find pre made.
A very good buy, Though I would advise it for kids over a certain age, Because it involves chopping and cooking on an open stove. Adult supervision at least for the kids.
And a good little Japanese lesson on nearly every other page too.
I love it!

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Kimberly

Fun and kawaii!

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2020

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Update: Made the dango after ordering both types of rice flour and they came out perfect. Perfect consistency and delicious. We liked them dipped in dumpling sauce.

This is such a fun little cookbook that has caught my 5 year olds attention for sure! He has already had me make the little octopi and sea creatures within 20minutes of recieving the book and wants us to get all the ingredients for the next recipe. This looks like it's going to be quite the hit so we went ahead and ordered the second book too.

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Star E

Very cute and informative!

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I gave this to a friend for Christmas, but if I had gotten the chance to read it beforehand, I would've kept it! The artistry is adorable and the instructions and recipes are incredibly easy to follow.

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L. Kukla

A Must Have! <3 <3

Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2017

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Firstly this cookbook would be awesome for newbie bento cooks but anyone will get a huge grin and giggles over reading this book. I got even more fun because mine was a used copy whereas the previous owner took the time to write in the notes section her own recipes including one for homemade Pocky. Manga University the publisher of these books hit the nail on the head with the cute characters, easy to follow recipes and even some new ones even seasoned bento makers will love. Definitely a great addition to you Bento Library.

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Some Kid's Mom

Good for 10year old

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This is perfect for my 10 year old. Recipes are simple and easy for her to make. One complaint: many recipes use plastic wrap constantly-SO wasteful! Not that I never use plastic wrap, but this is excessive. I will be thinking of alternatives. I’ve seen silicon onigiri-rice ballshapers online and bowls could be covered with a damp cloth instead of plastic wrap. Very nice book, though - simple, cute, healthy foods.

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Yalith

Excellent Beginner Book

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2012

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At first read through this book is well laid out with simple explanations, cute narrators and easy to follow directions. My first attempt at actually making one of these recipes was a disaster though. I really think that the measurements for the ingredients were way off so I am worried about how the rest of the dishes will turn out. My two year old LOVES the Dango song at the end of Clannad so I tried making Dango for him. All I can say is it's a really good thing that I have boys, because the 'Dango' turned out looking more like boogers than cute anime characters. So I had to take off a star for that frustrating experience, but everything else looks really easy (hopefully not deceptively so like the Dango!) and I really can't wait to try again.
I bought this book so I could get some ideas to start making bento boxes for my boys and was surprised at how many of my favorite Japanese dishes were in there. It has an ingredients list in front to help you identify the things you aren't familiar with and even lists some substitutions and tells you how to make basic ingredients. All in all I really wanted to give 5 stars and I would have if it wasn't for the dango fiasco. Even if none of the recipes turn out right though, I still learned things. I recommend it highly for beginners like me :)

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Barbara T.

Preciously adorable but difficult to follow the recipes unless I’m on the 3 step simple ones

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I wrote this book is positively adorable, it really is precious, I cannot possibly as an adult, follow it clearly in regards to simple recipe following. Just too difficult but it was equally difficult to return because it is so pretty and cute!!!! Unfortunately it just did not serve my purpose And I am at the point in my life where I cannot keep anything I cannot use.

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y!essence

Eh.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2012

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I'm honestly not sure what to think about this. I tried a few of the recipes with mixed results. Not going to give it a very bad rating because 1) I haven't tried every recipe, and 2) taste differs from person to person.

Personally though, the sweet omelette wasn't my thing, and the miso soup I made tasted... not very good, to be honest. My dango turned out very strange, though this might be because the ingredients were a bit confusing (as in, is this flour from my import store the flour required to make these?). They might be usable with a few adjustments to the ingredients, but in my book, this book wasn't a huge success and came with some disappointments.

It does however have some cute bento tricks, and tells you how to make pretty cute onigiri, and for beginners, how to cook rice properly.

Mr. Adam Bryant

Too Hard to read without zoom.

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Ok This book requires the use of the (somewhat hidden function) zoom to read as the font resize options do nothing.

After that its quite a nice book with somewhat simple instruction that even a 31 year old cookaphobic like me can understand.

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Keith

great book, v fun and useful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2014

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The book is great, very good quality and easily accessible

I bought it used, so it had some library wear and tear, pages falling out etc, hence 4 stars, but it did not impede on the quality

Shipping was fast given it came from America, so all in all very happy! :)

Bourgaij

Simple and easy, unlike most cooking books and written like a ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2016

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Huge manga fan, my partner and I, so this has completely revolutionised our cooking regime. Simple and easy, unlike most cooking books and written like a manga, so is fun and easy to understand.

Ms Kissy Gayle

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 29, 2015

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Loved this. Really easy to follow recipes and great pictures

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