Written in both Japanese and English, with full instructions of each process for all recipes and with great colour photos. This book is well presented, the recipes are interesting, look easy enough to try and photographed beautifully. I did find the two languages a little crowded on the one page, but soon got used to it.
The beginning of the book shows all the preparation of vegetables, utensils needed, use of knives and lots more. A really practical with great recipes.

Shinsei Publishing and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Japanese Cooking Recipes. I chose to review this cookbook and my opinion is freely given.

I was honestly impressed with Japanese Cooking Recipes by Fumiko Kawakami. The mission of this cookbook was to bring Japanese food to English speakers and to allow Japanese speakers to learn English while using the book. This bilingual approach to a cookbook is definitely unique and gives a level of authenticity to the recipes themselves.

As to the format of the cookbook itself, I only have one negative to get out of the way before I give the many positive aspects. With both languages and step by step instructions for the recipes, the pages themselves are very cluttered and hard to read. I wish there had been more open space between the different translations, making it easier to follow the recipes. That being said, the author does a great job of visually explaining the steps in the recipes. With many pictures showing the steps, as well as the finished dish, readers who are new to Japanese cooking will feel confident in trying a new cuisine. The cookbook begins with a tutorial into Japanese cooking, from the knives to use to different ingredients. This book will serve as a reference guide, as well as a great cookbook.

The recipe sections are well laid out, with many authentic dishes for readers to try. Main Dishes include such offerings as Chicken Stew in a Pot and Braised Pork Belly. The section with Western and Chinese Dishes has such options as Ginger Pork and Mixed Fried Rice. Side Dishes are varied, from Sweet Soy Glazed Burdock Root to Mixed Vegetables Marinated With Tofu. The final section, Rice & Soup & Pickles, has great dishes like Beef Bowl, Rice Ball, and Pickled Japanese Plum.

Overall, Japanese Cooking Recipes is an exciting cookbook with great instructions. Those unfamiliar with the cuisine will get a clear picture as to the philosophy of Japanese cooking. I would definitely recommend this cookbook to others, for the reasons listed above.

See note to publisher. I was not able to successfully download this title. I gave it a five star rating based on the reviews I've read, but I wanted to find out for myself if those reviews held up and suddenly having a huge amount of time on my hands, this would be the perfect opportunity to try these recipes for my Japanese husband!

Japanese Cooking Recipes is an interesting and detailed look at Japanese culture and food traditions.
The recipes all have step by step instructions in English and Japanese with close up images.
It is, however, not easy to make those recipes at home if you live in Europe or North America. While it says you don't need all the fancy equipment, you do need a lot, and starting out would be an investment.
More importantly though, each recipe contains at least two or three ingredients I couldn't find in supermarkets around me, so unless you have a Japanese shop nearby, you will struggle.
Maybe this is rather to look and learn for us, and a cookbook for those living in Japan and wanting to learn traditional recipes.

The thing I appreciate most about this cookbook is the step by step picture guide to cooking these Japanese foods. I like that this is basically an introduction to the art of Japanese cooking and it tells you about methods, commonly used ingredients, and commonly used cookware. It did feel a little overwhelming visually as far as the set up. It felt like an overload at times. I wish there was a little less text on the pages that have recipes in steps in pitcures. I also wish there were more recipes included. Overall, I thought it was a good introduction to Japanese food. Since I am not familiar with cooking in the Japanese tradition, these were very helpful tips and recipes.

Stuck at home during the Covid19 lockdown Japanese Cooking Recipes has provided a lovely does of armchair cultural travel with its wide range of recipes, a wealth of cultural information and reference material about Japanese cuisine.

The layout, with numbered step by step photos, and text in both Japanese and English makes each recipe look like a menu, adding to the fun of reading when stuck at home and unable to visit a restaurant. Some of the photos are a little surprising - not the sort you’d see often in Western cookery books - with blood and guts shown on the chopping board.

The recipes require lots of authentic Japanese ingredients, not necessarily easily available outside large cities in normal non-pandemic times, so I haven’t been able to test any of the recipes, though there were lots I thought sounded delicious, and many techniques I wanted to try out, not least kneading noodles by stamping on the dough with my feet!
Overall this was an intriguing and enjoyable culinary tour and worthy of a place on a cook’s bookshelf for both reference and inspiration.

A frightening aspect when it comes to recipes or instruction manuals is when you have no idea what it all means. The instructions given are overly complicated or incomprehensible. However, in JAPANESE COOKING RECIPES, the instructions are clear and easy to follow. If you want to try your hand out at making Japanese recipes, then this book's a perfect way for you to start learning basic recipes.The book is well illustrated with clear photos and is bilingual, with instructions and descriptions both in English and Japanese. Overall, a neat book with fun recipes to try out when you have the time or want to try out something new.

Japanese Cooking Recipes by Fumiko Kawakami was an excellent cookery book. I love Japanese cuisine and to have and learn from an excellent and well illustrated cookery book. I found it very easy to follow throughout and enjoyed creating some of these recipes. They were a hit in my house.

Big Thank you to NetGalley and Shinsei Publishing for an ebook. This is my honest review.

My family & I enjoyed this cookbook! The author/chef offered easy to follow directions and easy to find ingredients. We’ve already made a few dishes, all so yummy! Very happy with this cookbook and highly recommend to anyone who enjoys Japanese cuisine or if you’re looking to try a new cuisine/recipe.

Working from home due to the COVID19, i was delighted to get an ARC digital copy of this book, the recipes are great, something for everyone - I love Japanese food and cooking - time in my kitchen is therapy for me right now so thank you for this beautiful, unusual cook book.

This book was incredible! It truly teaches you how to cook Japanese food in a way that goes beyond just recipes and explains how to use certain utensils and which ingredients are important and why. I was incredibly impressed with this book and the way it incorporated Japanese culture.

For anyone who has wanted to dive into trying out authentic Japanese food, this is the perfect book for you! This easy-to-follow recipe book showcases recipes that you won't find at your local Japanese Grill. Instead, you will find major Japanese cuisine recipes that are very straightforward to make and ingredients that are not going to be difficult to find.

For those that are visual learners, like myself, I appreciate that every step comes with a detailed colored photograph. That way, you can assess whether you are following the recipe exactly.

As an ENL teacher, I am going to use this book with my Japanese students as a tool to learn procedural and sequencing language terms. Each direction and background information is written in both English and Japanese. Likewise, English speakers learning Japanese will be able to the Japanese characters.

As a side note, one of my Japanese ENL students taught the class how to make Onigiri. I am delighted to find a recipe that I can use to recreate the delicious rice ball. With social distancing and more time on our hands, what better time is there of learning a new cuisine than now?

Thank you to Fumiko Kawakami, the publisher, and NetGalley for this electronic copy in exchange for my honest review.

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I absolutely loved this book and highly recommend it. In addition to being a great guide for cooking whether you're a novice or more experienced looking to expand your knowledge, everything in this book is written in both English and Japanese so it's also helpful for people who want to practice the languages.

Part 1 of the book is about basics that will apply to any dish, such as use of cooking utensils and supplies, preparing food before cooking, common ingredients and seasonings, bases such as soup stock or rice, and meal presentation. Parts 2-5 all contain recipes grouped by category (usually location of origin). Each recipe has a full-page photo of the completed meal, a list of tips for cooking and troubleshooting for mistakes, a photo of the ingredients, and step-by-step instructions with photos for each step. The instructions are all very clear and the introductory section at the beginning is long and comprehensive, so the book is quite versatile.

Everything you need to know to begin cooking Japanese Food, for beginners right through to experts. A great starter cookbook, with nicely set out and easy to follow recipes.

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One very interesting book! Usually cookbooks contain of a list of ingredients, how to make food, and some with pictures to show how to make. I like those with a story on the dish itself. But this one is just like hospitality school cookbook. It's so detailed on what to do and what to avoid with so many tips. And bilingual japanese-english! So for those learning Japanese, can use this book to enrich their grammar, vice versa to Japanese who learns english.

This is a great resource for anyone trying to make authentic Japanese cuisine. For me, as the mom of a picky eater, a lot of these recipes won't work, but I did find several to try. I loved the incredibly detailed instructions complete with step by step photographs. I appreciated that times were noted in the beginning of each recipie. Very informative text.

Now, this is a detailed cookbook. In addition to that, it's bilingual (Japanese/English), full of information and intriguing recipes, and step by step instructions. Overall, it's an amazing resource and if one is a newbie when it comes to Japanese cooking, it's really helpful. There's a bunch of recipes I'd like to try too.

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Sometimes these cookbooks can be overly simplistic or really just cater to the foreign audience, but this cookbook delivers on the premise of teaching you Japanese cooking.

First: the book is in both Japanese and English. This threw me off at first but I ended up liking it, just as someone who has been learning Japanese.

Second: the cook goes in-depth about Japanese cooking. Now if you think it’s history - no. It’s the values and cultural ideas behind the flavors of Japan and how they typically think about them. It was a lot of detail that I had never really seen before.

Third: a lot of the recipes are not the typical ones I would see in a Japanese cookbook, and I feel that that’s a strength of this book. I felt that the recipes were more homey and realistic to what people eat - while I’m not a fan of a number of the recipes, I appreciate the detailed instructions and photo guides that accompany each step.

For example: I don’t really like Japanese pickles. As someone who does her country’s style of pickling (kimchi), I enjoyed seeing the differences in our methods and how to do such a thing from scratch if I ever wanted to make these style of pickles. That’s just for one recipe alone.

My only negative is that there weren’t really any sweets or desserts, but that might be for a different cookbook.

Would recommend.

Japanese Cooking Recipes by Fumiko Kawakami is an amazing resource for Japanese cooking with easy to follow recipes. I really enjoyed this one for an amazing resource and a reference guide for all thinks Japanese, from the basic to complex preparation. thank you for the copy of this cook book that is very well written by Kawakami.

Great book if you are seriously into Japanese cooking. Not for your average cook. Picture are a bit small . The text is in both English and Japanese. which make the page look very cluttered. Although mine was a pre publication copy so it might be in just one language on publication.. Having said that I did find out some new ingredients and techniques.