JapanEasy: Classic and Modern Japanese Recipes to Cook at Home
JapanEasy: Classic and Modern Japanese Recipes to Cook at Home book cover

JapanEasy: Classic and Modern Japanese Recipes to Cook at Home

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Price
$35.37
Format
Hardcover
Pages
224
Publisher
Hardie Grant
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1784881146
Dimensions
7.85 x 1.2 x 10.1 inches
Weight
2.16 pounds

Description

“Anderson shares everything we need to know to make authentic Japanese food at home which, in turn, eliminates all the reasons ("excuses") that we come up with for not doing so. The photos are killer, the instructions spot on and the recipes and diagrams will have us all whipping out gyoza (including making our own wrappers) in no time.” -Jenny Hartin, Eat Your Books Tim Anderson is a chef, food writer, and MasterChef champion. Born and raised in Wisconsin, Tim studied Japanese food culture at university and lived in Japan for two years. After moving to London, he won MasterChef in 2011, which catapulted him into a position as one of the UK's most prominent voices on Japanese food, American food, and craft beer. He has operated the pop-up Japanese restaurant Nanban since 2013, which has inspired a book, Nanban: Japanese Soul Food . Tim's restaurant of the same name, opened in the heart of Brixton at the end of 2015, and has been widely supported by critics and customers alike.

Features & Highlights

  • What are your favorite Japanese dishes? Sushi? Surprisingly easy. Gyoza? Very easy. Karaage? Soooooo easy! Tempura? Stupidly easy. Yakitori, yakisoba, miso soup? Easy, easy, easy. It's easy to be intimidated by Japanese food, but in
  • JapanEasy
  • , Tim Anderson offers an introduction to the world of Japanese cooking via some of its most accessible (but authentic) dishes. It covers all the basics before you get started preparing pickles, grilled squid, Katsu Curry, Yakisoba, Yakitori and much more. Step-by-step illustrations help guide readers through anything on the slightly trickier side.
  • JapanEasy
  • is a fun and simple guide to making your favorite Japanese dishes at home on a regular basis.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Beautiful gift with reliably delicious recipes

The problem with Japanese food, usually, is that it is a labor of love to make. In this book, Chef Tim Anderson has taken his devout love of the cuisine and simplified it for cooks who don't have all day to spend in the kitchen. But the special part is that he has figured out how to retain the flavor of Japanese food. This book is a godsend for Japanese food lovers, and also anyone who just enjoys really delicious food. Additionally, it is a stunningly gorgeous book with edged pages, an embossed cover, and beautiful layout (the chef's background as a visual artist shines through). So whether it is a gift for yourself, or another cook in your life, it feels like a bit of luxury in the kitchen. Order it-- you'll be glad you did.
14 people found this helpful
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I really like this book a lot

I really like this book a lot. It's fun to read and fun to cook from. The recipes I like best are:

-The Best Edamame (excellent and easy)
-Ginger Onion Salad Dressing (awesome - best Japanese dressing I know how to make thus far)
-Zankoku Rice (really nice variation from just making white rice or brown rice).
-Sweet Miso Sauce (excellent to use for marinating fish, great to have handy in the fridge)

The author is very funny and makes the process of cooking more enjoyable and less stressful. He doesn't hold back secrets and seems to have legitimately excellent recipes and I appreciate that very much. This is very different from many restaurant owner cookbooks which often feel like they're holding out on important details that make it very hard to reproduce their dishes. Great book.
11 people found this helpful
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Japan SO Easy

I love Japanese food, but for some reason have always been wary about cooking it myself. This beautiful book is full of mouthwatering recipes with minimal, (usually) easy to find ingredients and has effortlessly assuaged my apprehensions. Seriously, many of the recipes have only 5 ingredients! Tim Anderson's instructions are clear and straightforward without being restrictive, and the photos are beautiful.

I'm so glad I bought this book and know that many of the recipes within will be added to my regular rotation.
9 people found this helpful
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Well Laid Out Recipes with a Wide Range of Meal Options

Bought this as a gift for a family member and greatly appreciated how well laid out the recipes were and the succinct but informative descriptions. My sister-in-law wanted to start cooking something completely new to her (i.e. Japanese food at home) and I wanted to find her a book that had a range of meal options but wasn't intimidating to a new cook. I may end up buying myself a copy too since I liked skimming through the book so much before I gave it to my sister-in-law! I was thrilled to show her and her husband that Japanese food is far more than simply sushi and ramen.
5 people found this helpful
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Great recipes; damaged book.

The recipes are great. But the book arrived badly damaged. I took two photos of it. The cover was creased/bent. The spine was broken. Disappointing.
3 people found this helpful
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Beautiful to look at and a pleasure to use!

Reads like a novel! Recipes are well written with lots of social background,too. I didn’t need another cookbook but I could not resist. It has the most beautiful cover ever!! Figured I could put it on a shelf facing outwards and call it art! Truly delightful !
2 people found this helpful
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Beautiful Cover + Interesting Writer

I LOVE the cover! It's just a quality book that is fantastic to look at, hold, and thumb through!

Well selected recipe options that really stand out as "ooooh I want to try that!"

Only reason for 4 stars is SUSHI. Irresponsibly handled on the Sushi Grade Fish intro. Safe-to-eat raw fish is not a matter of simply searching out the freshest fish.

We can't assume fishmongers properly froze their fish ahead of time to kill off parasites. "Sushi-grade" only gives us that assurance that the fish was handled for raw consumption... along with the higher price.

Fish must be frozen according to FDA guidelines. No way around it. Can easily do it at home! One of the few exceptions that come to mind would be Tuna, naturally parasite free.

All that said, no, you don't need sushi grade fish. I buy salmon from Costco and portion it out, then freeze it for 1-2 weeks at the proper temperature, and safe to eat!
1 people found this helpful
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Easy, and authentic.

Uncomplicated recipes, producing tasty meals. What's not to like?
1 people found this helpful
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Very informational!!

Very informational on Japanese cooking! I feel confident in trying to cook something at home after reading just the first 2 chapters! Can’t wait for the culture this will add to our dinner table!
1 people found this helpful
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Easy Cookbook for Asian Cuisine

I liked everything about this book; I loved the cover and the overall design of the book; also, the recipes were very accessible (especially for Asian cooking) as Asian cuisine can be somewhat intimidating.
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