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The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li

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Harumi's Japanese Cooking by Harumi Kurihara

Authentic Japanese Food Cookbook by Daniel Humphreys

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40 books — 30 voters

Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy Hoobler

Japan in Juvenile Fiction

139 books — 20 voters

The Restaurant of Lost Recipes by Hisashi Kashiwai

Sushi Covers

9 books — 3 voters

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“ An indigo bottle is placed in front of us. "First rule of sake." Yoshi picks up the flask and one of the matching ceramic cups. "Never pour for yourself." He pours a shot for Taka and me. I reciprocate, pouring one for Yoshi. We hold the cups close to our faces and sniff. Sweet notes rise up and we toast. "Kanpai!" Then we sip. The rice wine goes down cold but warms my belly. A few more sips and my limbs are warm, too. Scallops and yellowtail sashimi are served. We sip more sake. By the time the ...more ”
― Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After

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“ The real game, as I soon discover, is donburi. Donburi, often shortened to don, means "bowl," and the name encapsulates a vast array of rice bowls topped with delicious stuff: oyakodon (chicken and egg), unadon (grilled eel), tendon (tempura). As nice as meat and tempura and eel can be, the donburi of yours and mine and every sensible person's dreams is topped with a rainbow bounty of raw fish. Warm rice, cool fish, a dab of wasabi, a splash of soy- sushi, without the pageantry and without the p ...more ”
― Matt Goulding, Rice, Noodle, Fish: Deep Travels Through Japan's Food Culture

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