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A book I sorely wanted to bring with me to Japan, but couldn't spare the space for. But I look oh-so-forward to using it when I return home to Canada - it will help me recreate some of the Japanese meals I have eaten here and loved! It's a really nice cookbook. There is a whole first section explaining various Japanese meats, vegetables, noodles, and cooking utensils. Then many, many recipes organized by type. Some of these seem somewhat complicated, but others quite simple. Plus, if you've ever wanted to find out the difference between all those kinds of tofu sitting on the shelf at the grocery store, this book will surely be able to tell you. ( )

I got this for super cheap from a remaindered table - it was pretty much worth the price. The best part of the book is the glossary at the beginning - handy if you don't know much about typical Japanese ingredients, but very basic. The recipes are just not very good, although the pictures are lovely and if you just take ideas from their dishes and modify the recipes quite a bit, you can come up with some pretty nice meals. If you're looking for a Japanese cookbook, look elsewhere. ( )