Product Description: Cooking expert and lifestyle guru Harumi Kurihara has won over the hearts of Japanese home cooks with her simple, delicious recipes. After selling millions of copies of her cookbooks, magazines, and housewares in her home country, this charismatic former housewife now shares her award-winning kitchen secrets with Americans for the first time.
These elegant, effortless recipes reflect Harumi's down-to-earth approach to Japanese cooking. Simply written and featuring everyday ingredients, recipes include Pan-Fried Noodles with Pork and Bok Choy, Warm Eggplant Salad, Japanese Pepper Steak, Seafood Miso Soup, and Harumi's popular Carrot and Tuna Salad, along with a chapter on simple ways to make delectable sushi at home.
Demystifying Japanese cooking and celebrating freshness, seasonality, and simplicity, this delightful book introduces Americans to one of the food world's brightest stars, and invites us to cook with her, one gracious dish at a time.
Easy to follow and recipes work! I loved this cookbook (as an owner of over 100) as it was easy to follow with readily available ingredients! The recipes that I've tried work, and taste like the food you eat at an "homey" Japanese restaurant.
A find! I received this cookbook as a gift from a relative -- and I still thank her every time I open it. Harumi Kurihara's first English-language cookbook is a find.
While I would agree with other reviewers that the book provides a fusion approach to Japanese cuisine rather than a traditional one, Harumi's simplicity-driven style is both unintimidating and authentic. I found myself thinking differently about everything I cooked -- not just Japanese -- after I read her book and began trying her recipes.
Most of the dishes are straightforward and involve few ingredients. While Harumi's suggestions about ingredient replacement are sound ones, I started seeking out more Japanese ingredients and was really pleased with the results. I often cook Harumi's recipes for dinner parties now and have received rave reviews from guests.
I enjoy cookbooks most when the chef's personality shines through in a warm and inviting way, something that _Harumi's Japanese Cooking_ does splendidly. I highly recommend this book for home cooks interested in exploring international styles of cuisine without buying lots of new equipment or spending hours preparing each meal.
Harumi's Japanese Cooking: More than 75 Authentic and Contemporary Recipes from Japan's Most PopularCooking Expert I tried many of these recipes and found them interesting, challenging and ultimately delicious. My family liked them all!!
A cookbook/expert you can trust I've tried only a couple recipes in this cookbook so far and am incredibly impressed. I just want to add to all the other reviews: look no further for a recipe and instructions on how to make the absolute perfect sushi rice.
A Pleasure to Read and Enjoy I enjoy reviewing and using Harumi's Japanese Cooking Cookbook. Since I have a family who enjoy Japanese cooking, it is a wonderful opportunity to be able to purchase a lasting memory that I can enjoy over and over in my home. Recipes from another country is so thrilling to experience and enjoy. Thank you for providing me with this source.
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