Natural Remedies From The Japanese Kitchen | 
 enlarge | Author: Yasuko Takahata
Publisher: Weatherhill
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1681205
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 083480414X
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.8540952
EAN: 9780834804142
Publication Date: June 1, 1998
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Product Description
The traditional Japanese diet is reputed to be one of the healthiest in the world. This manual selects 30 ingredients ubiquitous to Japanese cooking, yet commonly available in Oriental food stores and health food stores around the world. It then provides 50 home remedies using these ingredients, along with 50 recipes for dishes that are reported to prevent illness. Each of the 100 recipes is illustrated in colour, and the authors seek to provide a combination of science and culinary skill.
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Great for health nuts, but... November 19, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a Japanese cookbook, but you won't find any recipes for sushi, katsu, teriyaki, or anything you might recognize from a Japanese restaurant outside of Japan. This book is strictly vegetarian, and VERY obscure. I have no idea if the recipes are traditional, because I've never seen them before until now.
That said, the recipes are distinctly Japanese, and this book is pretty informative. The introduction to the book presents a discussion of traditional Japanese ingredients and their health benefits, and the recipes themselves are organized by main ingredient so that you can choose the appropriate recipe for your symptom. More than a third of the recipes come with full color photographs, so you can see what the dish is supposed to look like-- and they are beautiful.
Unfortunately, they are also very strange. I love these recipes and the ingredients they are made from, but I grew up in Hawaii and ate most of those things as a child. I've given these foods to my friends here on the mainland, and they've found them repulsive. If you don't already like things like brown rice, ume (pickled plum), natto (fermented soybeans), yamaimo (sticky yam), or gobo (burdock), you're going to need really strong willpower or you're really not going to be able to eat anything in this book.
Most of the recipes make good side dishes, but not whole meals. By the way, if you don't have access to an Asian market, you won't be able to make most of these dishes.
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