Harumi's Japanese Kitchen
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Japanese cooking demystified with 53 new recipes from one of the world's bestselling authors of Japanese cookery.






Japanese cooking demystified with 53 new recipes from one of the world's bestselling authors of Japanese cookery.
Bestselling cookery writer Harumi Kurihara brings together authentic, Japanese home cooking that everyone can do.
Bestselling cookbook writer Harumi Kurihara brings together authentic, Japanese home cooking that everyone can do. In Everyday Harumi, Japan's most popular cookery writer Harumi Kurihara selects her favourite foods and presents more than 60 home-style recipes for you to make for family and friends. Harumi wants everyone to be able to make her recipes and she demonstrates how easy it is to cook Japanese food for everyday occasions without needing to shop at specialty food stores. Using many of her favorite ingredients, Harumi presents recipes for soups, starters, snacks, party dishes, main courses and family feasts that are quick and simple to prepare, all presented in her effortless, down-to-earth and unpretentious approach to stylish living and eating. Every recipe is photographed and includes beautiful step-by-step instructions that show key Japanese cooking techniques. Texture and flavor are important to Japanese food and Harumi takes you through the basic sauces you can make at home and the staples you should have in your store cupboard. Photographed by award-winning photographer Jason Lowe, this warm and approachable cookbook invites you to cook and share Japanese food in a simple and elegant style.
Following the international bestseller Harumi's "Japanese Cooking", Harumi's second book "Japanese Home Cooking" presents more than 70 new authentic Japanese recipes, and menu and table presentation suggestions. Harumi introduces specialist Japanese cooking techniques such as the use of cooking chopsticks, different knives and styles of chopping, as well as explaining how to plan and present a traditional Japanese menu and table. Chapters include soup, eggs and tofu, rice and noodles, meat, fish, vegetables, desserts and drinks, bento (lunch boxes) and menu planning. Throughout the book, Harumi's Hints offer tips and helpful suggestions and alternative Western ingredients are suggested in place of hard-to-find specialist Japanese products, without compromising on taste or results. A glossary of ingredients and useful lists of suppliers complete the book. Harumi's "Japanese Home Cooking" gives a popular insight into the way meals are eaten in Japan today. The recipes embrace simplicity and elegance, and combine authentic Japanese cuisine with contemporary tastes. It is illustrated throughout with superb photographs of dishes, preparation steps, tableware and presentation ideas.
Winner of Best Cookery Book at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2004 Hardback has sold more than 25,000 copies in UK alone More than 70 recipes for fish and seafood, meat, rice, tofu, sushi, noodles, soup, vegetables, desserts, drinks and bento (lunch boxes). Special edition for THE BOOK PEOPLE LIMITED Learn how to prepare more than 70 authentic Japanese recipes for fish and seafood, meat, rice, tofu, sushi, noodles, soup, vegetables, desserts and drinks. With suggestions for complete meals, a glossary of ingredients and their western alternatives, and lists of suppliers, Harumi demystifies modern Japanese cooking. Illustrated throughout with superb photographs of dishes, preparation steps, tableware and presentation ideas, Harumi's Japanese Cooking gives a popular insight into the way meals are eaten in Japan today. Drawing on traditional elements, the recipes embrace simplicity and elegance, combining authentic Japanese cuisine with contemporary tastes.With more than 100 recipes for fish and seafood, meat, rice, tofu, sushi, noodles, soup, vegetables, desserts and drinks, Harumi's Japanese Cooking provides a broad selection of mouthwatering recipes. Helpfully, she also suggests which recipes combine well for meals. A glossary of ingredients and their western alternatives, plus useful lists of suppliers complete the book, making it today's most comprehensive introduction to modern Japanese food. Biographical Notes Harumi Kurihara is the best-known cookery writer in Japan, with a public profile similar to that of Delia Smith in the UK. Her cooking and lifestyle books and magazines and media-friendly charisma have brought her phenomenonal success, based on a down-to-earth, unpretentious approach to stylish living and eating. She has made the traditional Japanese values of elegance and simplicity relevant and accessible to millions.Kurihara's powerful popular appeal has seen her sell more than 13 million cookery books and magazines.