Easy Japanese Cooking – Appetizer Rex by Kentaro Kobayashi – review
The author, Kentaro Kobayashi, is a young man with both talent and passion. He started his working life as an illustrator but soon displayed his...
Food of Japan by Shirley Booth – review
It’s the winner of a Japan Festival Award ‘for outstanding achievements in furthering the understanding of Japanese culture in the United Kingdom’ in 2000. In...
Japanese Cooking – A Simple Art, by Shizuo Tsuji – review
The world is shrinking and more of us than ever have taken advantage of travel opportunities. We move with ease around the globe and adopt...
Veggie Haven – Easy Japanese Cooking by Kentaro Kobayashi – review
All you regular readers will know how I have waxed lyrical about other books by Kentaro Kobyashi and this one will be no exception. Veggie...
Soseki Japanese Restaurant – review
What is a Soseki? It is a who and he was one of Japan’s favourite novelists, Natsume Soseki. He lived in London over a hundred...
Donburi Mania – Easy Japanese Cooking by Kentaro Kobayashi – review
I love Japanese food but seldom have I been offered anything other than tempura and sushi. Now, don’t get me wrong, I could eat both...
Easy Japanese Cookbook by Emi Kazuko – review
This isn’t just a large format volume, it’s a seriously large format complete with a CD of traditional Japanese music to listen to while you...
The Chopsticks Diet by Kimiko Barber – review
I guess that just the word “diet” will have half of my dear readers turning the page (if they were able to do such a...
Japan – Eyewitness Travel – book review
You can travel to many countries and get by without a guidebook. You might get lost, you might wish you had the address of a...
Sushi by Vicki Liley – cookbook review
It’s healthy food. It’s an art form. It’s impressive, and it’s iconic. People either love it or refuse to try it. Its skill lies in...
Tea – A Journey in Time by John Weatherspoon – review
This gorgeous large volume deserves to be right alongside your encyclopaedia and atlas. Tea – A Journey in Time, Pioneering and Trials in the Jungle...
Japanese Pure and Simple by Kimiko Barber – review
It’s fair to say that Kimiko Barber is the undisputed queen of Japanese cooking in the UK, and this book is just another illustration of...
The Japanese Kitchen by Kimiko Barber – review
Kimiko Barber has produced a book which is bound to become a classic. It’s stunning to look at with a wealth of marvellous photographs by...