Three friends walk you through their best Japanese recipes-in expressive, humorous illustrations! Cooking should be fun, & this highly entertaining Japanese cookbook for beginners is packed full of humor & whimsical illustrations. Japanese Cooking with Manga started out as ” Gourmand Gohan, ” a h&-drawn & h&-bound edition that the three co-authors circulated among their friends in Barcelona. Each author has a unique take on Japanese food preparation-but they are all equally passionate about food & how it brings people together. Simple, step-by-step Japanese food recipes are accompanied by h&-drawn illustrations & commentary on each page, making this manga cookbook read more like a graphic novel than your average collection of recipes. Information about Japanese culture & traditional Japanese cuisine are presented in a charming & accessible way, making learning a new style of cooking as educational as it is entertaining. The colorful manga art & comic-style stories within this illustrated cookbook will appeal to the serious foodie & experimental chef alike. Easy homestyle recipes with a Japanese twist include: Okonomiyaki Japanese Pizza Codfish Tempura Shogayaki Stir-fried Pork with Ginger Ham & Cheese Potstickers & 55 more These three home cooks took on the world of Japanese food culture-and now, with the stories & recipes in this adventurous Japanese cookbook, so can you & your friends. ...

In the past decades, Japanese food has become part of the global culinary scene: sushi, maki, miso soup, teriyaki, & tofu have found their way to our plates & palates. Japanese cooking not only harmoniously combines flavors & aesthetics, it is also praised for its nutritional & health benefits. This book introduces readers to the essence of Japanese cuisine: what are the basic ingredients & utensils? Which basic recipes need one know to cook Japanese style? Why is rice so important that the word ”gohan” (rice) also means ”meal”? More than one hundred recipes of traditional yet simple Japanese dishes are explained step-by-step with tips & variants. Beautiful photographs of soups, noodles, sushi, meat, fish, seafood, vegetables, & deserts (chocolate tofu mousse, matcha tart with almonds & lemon, to name but a few) take you on a tour of Japanese culinary culture. ...

This Postcard Colouring Book contains 20 cards with magnificent Japanese designs ready to colour, made from the finest 250 gsm acid-free water colour paper. Apart from water colour, practically all other techniques can be used to apply colour to the delicate designs in these books. The printing is done in such a way that, depending on the techniques used, the original outline will be hardly visible after colouring. Pepin Postcard Colouring Books match the quality of the finest professional watercolour pads. In order to get the best results, we recommend you use high-quality colouring materials. ...

Japanese Farm Food offers readers a unique window into life on a Japanese farm through simple recipes cooked from family fields & other local, organic products. The multitude of vibrant images conveys an intimate, authentic portrait of life & food on a Japanese farm. With a focus on fresh & thoughtfully sourced ingredients, the recipes in Japanese Farm Food are perfect for fans of the farmer`s market, & for home cooks looking for accessible Japanese dishes. Covering everything from pickles & soups to noodles, rice, & dipping sauces, with a special emphasis on vegetables, Hachisu demystifies the rural Japanese kitchen, laying bare the essential ingredients, equipment, & techniques needed for Japanese home cooking. ...

Japanese Folktales is one of the most complete collections of stories translated to English & introduces the reader to the vast world of Japanese ghouls, goblins, ogres, sea kings, magical birds, dragons, & of course, Momotaro, the Peach Boy. Japanese folklore is richly imaginative & the 22 classic stories collected here are some of the most popular ever told. Each story transports the reader to a different realm of magical kingdoms, mysterious seas, & mythical lands including: The story of goldfish dancers & carp musicians who entertain a brave warrior The tale of a lonely girl whose life is changed by a shining disc left by her mother The explanation of how the jellyfish lost its bones & the adventures of a boy born from a peach that washes up on a riverbank that every Japanese child knows by heart. These well-loved folk tales are sure to delight readers young & old while introducing them to Japan`s vivid fantasy tradition. ...

With stunning new design & layout & the most up-to-date travel information, the market's most indispensable phrasebook has ...

This pack
- containing a Collins Gem Phrasebook & a CD
- provides the opportunity to hear & practise the language. The phrases

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Once confined to a literary elite in Japan, haiku are now written all over the world by poets who find their combination of brevity, technical discipline & expressive content irresistible. This collection brings together hundreds of poems by Japanese writers from the fifteenth century to the twentieth, with modern examples from Europe & America. In addition, there is a selection of poems influenced by haiku, & a section devoted to haiku-like passages from traditional English poets. The book is dominated by four great masters
- Basho, Buson, Issa & Shiki
- who between them compress the gamut of human experience into the limits of seventeen syllables.

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This is the first book in English by chef Murata dealing with easy-to-make home cooking recipes. The 60 recipes in the book include standard & popular Japanese dishes like Teriyaki, Tempura, Sushi, Miso soup & many others you can enjoy at home, plus several of his unique signature dishes that have helped him earn his reputation as the best chef in Japan. All of these recipes are characterised by being easy to create, & by their use of ingredients that are readily obtainable across Europe. The dishes are clearly described, & accompanied by the superb colour photographs of specialist Akira Saito. ...

This example-packed overview of contemporary Japanese illustration showcases the works of 100 of Japan`s most successful & exciting artists & designers. The images embrace a huge range of styles, from traditional to futuristic, from classic ukiyo-e prints to the worlds of manga & anime. Some look towards urban street culture or build their own surreal dreamscapes, while others revisit a playful world of childhood innocence or explore darker realms of violence & terror. The book also

Includes:: ten interviews in which the illustrators discuss their work & what inspires them. The range of amazing images & subjects in this book is hugely memorable, an exciting journey to the utterly idiosyncratic but wonderful world of the Japanese sensibility.

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