Bookshelf May 30, 2008

In addition to finding many recipes online, here is my current cookbook collection in Japan. I use the Japanese cookbooks mainly for reference and ideas, but I have actually cooked only a few recipes from them, since I read Japanese very slowly

update: on my last trip home I refreshed my cookbook collection by taking some of the books that I use less often home and picking up some different ones. I’ve also been reading and cooking from NHK’s きょうの料理 (Kyou no Ryouri, Today’s Cooking) magazine lately.

English
Washoku, Elizabeth Andoh
100 Recipes from Japanese Cooking, Koichiro Hata and Kazuki Kondo
Japanese Family-Style Recipes, Urakami Hiroko
Izakaya: The Japanese Pub Cookbook, Mark Robinson
The Japanese Kitchen, Hiroko Shimbo
The Folk Art of Japanese Country Cooking: A Traditional Diet for Today’s World, Gaku Homma
The Food of Japan, Wendy Hutton
A Year in My Kitchen, Skye Gyngell
Paley’s Place, Vitaly Paley, Kimberly Paley, Robert Reynolds
Urban Italian, Andrew Carmellini, Gwen Hyman
Fish Forever, Paul Johnson
The Best Recipes in the World, Mark Bittman
The Weekend Baker, Abigain Johnson Dodge
Eggs, Michel Roux
Harumi’s Japanese Cooking, Harumi Kurihara
Morimoto, Masaharu Morimoto
Shunju, Takashi Sugimoto
Kaiseki, Yoshihiro Murata
The Breakaway Cook: Recipes that Break Away from Ordinary, Eric Gower
Simple Chinese Cooking, Kylie Kwong
The Sweet Spot, Pichet Ong
Lotus: Asian Flavors, Teage Ezard
Roast Chicken and Other Stories, Simon Hopkinson
Irene’s Peranakan Recipes, Elaine Yeo
The Dessert Book, Hidemi Sugino (bilingual Japanese and English)

Japanese
TEN (編集) , 自慢の鍋料理 (Jiman no Nabe Ryouri, Proud Nabe Cooking)
松田美智子, いまどきのなべ (Imadoki no Nabe, Today’s Nabe)
アノニマスタジオ (編集), 野菜畑のレシピ (Yasai Hatake Reshipi, 106 Recipes from Vegetable Farm)
瀬戸口しおり, 私の手料理 (Watashi no Te Ryouri, My Handmade Cooking)
コマツザキ アケミ, おなかいっぱいサラダ (Onaka Ippai Salad, Full Stomach Salad)
婦人之友社編集部, やっぱりお昼はおべんとう (Yappari Ohiru wa Obento)
福田 淳子, プリンの本 (Pudding Book)
ウー・ウェン, ウー・ウェンの北京小麦粉料理 (Beijing Mianshi, Beijing Wheat Flour Cooking)
ワタナベ マキ, サルビア給食室のおいしいおべんとう手帖 (Salvia Lunchtime Room Delicious Bento Notebook)
浅場 康司, チャヤのからだにやさしいデリ (Chaya Healthy Deli)
料理の基本:ORANGE PAGE BOOKS 男子厨房に入る (Cooking Basics: Men Come Into the Kitchen) although this one is targeted towards men in the kitchen, it’s a great beginners’ book for foreigners too
徳岡邦夫, 嵐山吉兆 春の食卓 (Arashiyama Kitcho Haru no Shokutaku, Arashiyama Lucky Omen Spring Table)
徳岡邦夫, 嵐山吉兆 夏の食卓 (Arashiyama Kitcho Natsu no Shokutaku, Arashiyama Lucky Omen Summer Table)
徳岡邦夫, 嵐山吉兆 秋の食卓 (Arashiyama Kitcho Aki no Shokutaku, Arashiyama Lucky Omen Autumn Table)
徳岡邦夫, 嵐山吉兆 冬の食卓 (Arashiyama Kitcho Fuyu no Shokutaku, Arashiyama Lucky Omen Winter Table)
黒木 優子, おうちで和菓子屋さん—Love love sweets (At Home Sweets Shop-Love love sweets)